Question about yum local repository

[zedan85]

Hi i have a question about repositories
now i created a folder in my system where ill be placing all my rpms. The folder is /usr/local_repo
I then ran the command createrepo /usr/local_repo as a result a folder called repodata appeared (which shows the command was a success). Now i went to /etc/yum.repos.d and added a file called fedora-local.repo
The contents of which is

[localrepo]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - My Local Repo
baseurl=file:///usr/local_repo/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
#gpgkey=file:///path/to/you/RPM-GPG-KEY

Now here is where things start going out of control. I then downloaded an rpm lets say its called rpm-fuse.rpm (I know I changed the name). Now the location of this file is /usr/local_repo/rpm-fuse.rpm
Now in order to update the repository I ran the command
createrepo /usr/local_repo/
after that I ran the following command
[zedan*localhost /]$ sudo yum install rpm-fuse.rpm

I was expecting it to install the package and everything but I got the following

Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
No package rpm-fuse.rpm available.
Error: Nothing to do

Question ) Why did i get this ?? isnt the whole purpose of creating a local repository is to remove the need of connecting to the internet .. since the entire package is already present in my system. Could you tell me why this didnt work ?? Where did i go wrong ??

[glennzo]

You may need to use createrepo --update /usr/local_repo/ or createrepo --database /usr/local_repo/. Out of curiosity, does yum repolist show "local"?

[zedan85]

Does my repolist show local ?? What does that mean ?? sorry a bit confused??


So here is what i did and still its not working

[zedan*localhost local_repo]$ sudo createrepo --update /usr/local_repo/
[sudo] password for zedan:

Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata
Generating sqlite DBs
Sqlite DBs complete


[zedan*localhost local_repo]$ ls
garbageid repodata rpm-fuse.rpm

[zedan*localhost /]$ sudo yum install rpm-fuse.rpm
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
localrepo | 2.9 kB 00:00 ...
localrepo/primary_db | 2.8 kB 00:00 ...
updates/metalink | 14 kB 00:00
updates | 4.7 kB 00:00
updates/primary_db | 5.0 MB 00:08
Setting up Install Process
No package rpm-fuse.rpm available.
Error: Nothing to do

Why am i getting "No package rpm-fuse.rpm available." even though the pacakage is available ??? any ideas or suggestions??

[deep27ak]

Well I have not tried this one but I think you need to update your yum repository

#yum clean all

#yum update

then check whether the file you added is updated or not

#yum list

and if you don't find the package there then why don't you try installing the package manually through rpm

#rpm -ivh (package name)

[zedan85]

Will try this.. and let you know.
I know you could update or install packages using yum remotely.
But just for an understanding I am interested in doing it this way..

[jayd512]

Out of curiosity, does yum repolist show "local"?

Does my repolist show local ?? What does that mean ??

If you open up a terminal, and execute the command yum repolist, what is the entire output?

[atreyu]

Based upon the output you've posted, it appears that your localrepo repo is at least being seen by yum. Is it possible that you already have a package of the same name that you're trying to install already installed? Renaming the file itself does not fool yum.

Get the name of the rpm you renamed:

# get RPM package name
rpmname=$(rpm -qp rpm-fuse.rpm --queryformat '%{name}')
echo rpm name is $rpmname

# see if already installed
rpm -qv $rpmname

If that last command returns the package name and version, then it is already installed.