In this article, I will share about how to update and install RPM packages from the image CD-ROM/DVD-ROM in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6). This step can also be used on CentOS 6 or older versions such as CentOS 5. It would be very useful if the server you have a slow internet connection, or no internet connection. Instead of using internet connection directly to RHEL repositories registered, it is possible to use the Local CD/DVD- ROM as your yum repository. There are two methods to install and configure local yum repository RHEL 6. Both methods have been tested and works well on Linux RHEL 6 server. You can choose whichever method you choose :
Method 1:
1. Insert DVD/ISO into DVD-Drive.
2. Mount the ISO from the DVD-ROM into /mnt directory :
[root@rhel6 ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
3. Check the existing partition on your RHEL 6 server :
[root@rhel6 ~]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
9845280 1328824 8016336 15% /
tmpfs 515660 0 515660 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 495844 28689 441555 7% /boot
/dev/sr0 2862360 2862360 0 100% /mnt
4. Go to /mnt and check current directory :
root@rhel6 ~]# cd /mnt
[root@rhel6 mnt]# pwd
/mnt
5. List out what is in DVD.
[root@rhel6 mnt]# ls
EULA RELEASE-NOTES-es-ES.html RELEASE-NOTES-ru-RU.html
GPL RELEASE-NOTES-fr-FR.html RELEASE-NOTES-si-LK.html
HighAvailability RELEASE-NOTES-gu-IN.html RELEASE-NOTES-ta-IN.html
images RELEASE-NOTES-hi-IN.html RELEASE-NOTES-te-IN.html
isolinux RELEASE-NOTES-it-IT.html RELEASE-NOTES-zh-CN.html
LoadBalancer RELEASE-NOTES-ja-JP.html RELEASE-NOTES-zh-TW.html
media.repo RELEASE-NOTES-kn-IN.html repodata
Packages RELEASE-NOTES-ko-KR.html ResilientStorage
README RELEASE-NOTES-ml-IN.html RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-beta
RELEASE-NOTES-as-IN.html RELEASE-NOTES-mr-IN.html RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
RELEASE-NOTES-bn-IN.html RELEASE-NOTES-or-IN.html Server
RELEASE-NOTES-de-DE.html RELEASE-NOTES-pa-IN.html TRANS.TBL
RELEASE-NOTES-en-US.html RELEASE-NOTES-pt-BR.html
6. Read what is in media.repo. Take note on the mediaid :
[root@rhel6 mnt]# cat media.repo
[InstallMedia]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0
mediaid=1235481171.125642
metadata_expire=-1
gpgcheck=0
cost=500
7. Create dvdrhel.repo text file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ with the following content. Please create something as follow:
[root@rhel6 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/dvdrhel.repo
[DVD-RHEL6-Repository]
mediaid=1235481171.125642
name=DVD-RHEL6 repository
baseurl=file:///mnt/Server
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
8. Finish. You can start install, remove and update using yum command:
Method 2 :
1. Check the existing partition on your RHEL 6 server :
[root@rhel6 ~]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
9845280 1221632 8123528 14% /
tmpfs 515660 0 515660 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 495844 28689 441555 7% /boot
2. Create repo directory in /media :
[root@rhel6 ~]# mkdir /media/repo3. Create 1 2 3 directory in /media/repo :
[root@rhel6 ~]# mkdir -p /media/repo/{1,2,3}4. Mount the ISO from the DVDROM into /media/repo/1 directory :
[root@rhel6 ~]# mount -o loop /dev/cdrom /media/repo/1
[root@rhel6 ~]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
9845280 1221644 8123516 14% /
tmpfs 515660 0 515660 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 495844 28689 441555 7% /boot
/dev/loop0 2862360 2862360 0 100% /media/repo/1
5. Create temporary repo folder under /tmp to put required rpm’s packages for createrepo installation :
[root@rhel6 ~]# mkdir /tmp/repo 6. Copy the require packages to install create repo :
repo :
[root@rhel6 ~]# cp /media/repo/1/Packages/createrepo* /tmp/repo
[root@rhel6 ~]# cp /media/repo/1/Packages/deltarpm* /tmp/repo
[root@rhel6 ~]# cp /media/repo/1/Packages/python-deltarpm* /tmp/repo
7. Install the rpm packages using below command :
[root@rhel6 ~]# rpm -ivh /tmp/repo/*
warning: /tmp/repo/createrepo-0.9.8-4.el6.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:deltarpm ########################################### [ 33%]
2:python-deltarpm ########################################### [ 67%]
3:createrepo ########################################### [100%]
8. Go to /media/repo directory :
[root@rhel6 ~]# cd /media/repo/
[root@rhel6 repo]# pwd
/media/repo
9. Run createrepo command :
[root@rhel6 repo]# createrepo .
2358/13395 - 1/HighAvailability/Packages/system-config-keyboard-1.3.1-3.el6.i68
iso-8859-1 encoding on Ville Skyttä - 2.8.2-2
5037/13395 - 1/LoadBalancer/Packages/system-config-keyboard-1.3.1-3.el6.i686.rp
iso-8859-1 encoding on Ville Skyttä - 2.8.2-2
7716/13395 - 1/Packages/system-config-keyboard-1.3.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
iso-8859-1 encoding on Ville Skyttä - 2.8.2-2
10395/13395 - 1/ResilientStorage/Packages/system-config-keyboard-1.3.1-3.el6.i68
iso-8859-1 encoding on Ville Skyttä - 2.8.2-2
13074/13395 - 1/Server/Packages/system-config-keyboard-1.3.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
iso-8859-1 encoding on Ville Skyttä - 2.8.2-2
13395/13395 - 1/Server/Packages/zsh-4.3.10-4.1.el6.i686.rpm
Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata
10. Clean up the repo :
[root@rhel6 ~]# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
Cleaning up Everything
11. Create a repo config file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory :
[root@rhel6 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel.repo
[RHEL6-Repository]
name=RHEL6 repository
baseurl=file:///media/repo
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
12. Start install using yum command as below :
[root@rhel6 ~]# yum install httpd
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
RHEL6-Repository | 1.3 kB 00:00 ...
RHEL6-Repository/primary | 5.4 MB 00:00 ...
RHEL6-Repository 13395/13395
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package httpd.i686 0:2.2.15-5.el6 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
====================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
====================================================================================================
Installing:
httpd i686 2.2.15-5.el6 RHEL6-Repository 813 k
Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 813 k
Installed size: 2.8 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : httpd-2.2.15-5.el6.i686 1/1
Installed:
httpd.i686 0:2.2.15-5.el6
Complete!