My Custom Repository Creation Technique doesnt work why ??

[johnacandy]

Hi I wanted to create my own folder called /Softwares so that whenever i download a rpm i could place it there , run createrepo and then use yum install software_name . Here is the steps which i followed

logged in as su
cd /

1)Created a directed called Softwares
mkdir Softwares

2)Copied my rpm files in that directory say sskype.rpm
cp sskype.rpm '/Softwares/'

3)Now i ran createrepo
createrepo /Softwares/
output was
[root@localhost /]# createrepo /Softwares
2/2 - sskype.rpm
Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata

4)Then i went to etc/yum.repos.d
created a file called Softwares.repo
and inserted the following code
[Softwares]
name = This is my repo
baseurl=file:///Softwares
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Now when i goto home or some other directory and i type yum install skype.rpm
It says
[root@localhost MyLinux]# yum install sskype.rpm
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
Setting up Install Process
No package sskype.rpm available.
Error: Nothing to do

What am i doing wrong am i doing something wrong in the .repo file ??? The only way i could actually install sskype.rpm is to go in the directory where it was installed and type yum install sskype... But then whats the point of the repository... Any help please i think i am making a mistake in the .repo file or something... any help please

[kalyankumarp]

Hi johnacandy,

Please check the case sensitives whether the directory name is Softwares or softwares in both cases. One more thing after editing/creating the repo file you have to execute one command.

# yum clean all

Now you can install your packages using yum install.

Please follow the procedure


Here are the steps to configure yum server as well as local repo.....

1st insert the DVD in to the drive then mount it to a directory.

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

Then go to the dir

# cd /mnt/Server then

Install vsftpd package and createrepo package

# rpm -ivh vsftpd-<press tab key>
#rpm -ivh createrepo-<press tab key>

now go to the directory
# cd /var/ftp/pub

Now copy all DVD content to this directory

# cp -rvf /mnt/* /var/ftp/pub

Now exit from the directory
# cd

Now create a repo for the dir where your all DVD content exists

# createrepo -v /var/ftp/pub

then share this directory to your network

# vim /etc/exports
/var/ftp/pub 192.168.0.0/24(sync) (Here my network is 192.168.0.0)

save and exit

export it

# exportfs -rv

now restart the service nfs

# service nfs restart
# chkconfig nfs on

Now open your yum client configuration file

#vim /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-debuginfo.repo

[your share name]
name=your OS name or anything
baseurl=ftp://<your yum server ip address>/pub (for yum server)
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=<text already there>

save and exit

if you want to configure this in a stand alone system modify the file as follows.....

#vim /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-debuginfo.repo

[your share name]
name=your OS name or anything
baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub (only for single system)
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=<text already there>




Now update this info

# yum clean all

Then check the list

# yum list

Now install the packages using yum

Thanks & Regards
Kalyan Kumar Pasupuleti
RHCE, LDAP,SELinux Certified