How to Setup Local Yum Repository from CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image on RHEL 6

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 :

See also  How to Configure EPEL Repository on CentOS 6.4 x86_64

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/repo
    

3. 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 :

    [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!
    

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