TOPIC: Using local ISO or DVD with yum

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Procedure

You must be running yum v. 3.2.0 - Release 1.ydl.2 for this HowTo to work.

1. Mount the DVD or ISO:
   
   
   • Type:

     mkdir /media/DVD

   • If using an ISO, type:

     mount -o loop /path/to/iso /media/DVD

   • If using a DVD, type:

     mount /dev/dvd /media/DVD

2. Copy the DVD or ISO into an NFSROOT system. If you are unsure if you are using an NFSROOT system, it is likely that you are not.
   
   
   • Mount the DVD or ISO image as per above on the NFS server
     
     
   • Then on the NFS Server type:

     mkdir -p /path/to/nfsroot/MAC-address/media/DVD
     cp -a /media/DVD/* /path/to/nfsroot/MAC-address/media/DVD

   • There is now a local yum repo in the NFSROOT, and you can use the following procedure to access the local repo
     
     
3. To create a yum repo file for the DVD:
   
   
   • Edit a new file called /etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-dvd.repo and add the following lines to it:

     [dvd]
     name=Yellow Dog Linux DVD
     baseurl=file:///media/DVD
     enabled=0
     gpgcheck=0
     gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
     

   • Save and exit the file.
     
     
4. Clean out any residual files left in yum from former http use of yum:

   yum clean all

5. Use yum to install packages from the DVD or ISO by typing:

   yum --disablerepo=base --disablerepo=updates --disablerepo=extras --enablerepo=dvd {normal yum commands}

Alternately, if you always plan to use yum from the DVD or ISO, you can disable the other repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/ by moving them to yellowdog-base.repo.disabled, yellowdog-extras.repo.disabled, yellowdog-updates.repo.disabled respectively.

Also change the enabled=0 to enabled=1. Making this change you can use yum without using "--disablerepo=base --disablerepo=updates --disablerepo=extras --enablerepo=dvd" options of the command.

This HOWTO was written by Aaron Johnson, Terra Soft