Yum Install on OEL6

 *How to Configure yum on server* (with ftp server)

Before configure what will be the output of "yum list" command

Just have a look

# yum list

ommit output...

It will show only the installed packages
Now lets start to configure
before configure the yum first we will install the ftp server

Step 0

Disable selinux:
/etc/sysconfig/selinux (disabled)
Disable firefox
vi /etc/hosts
setup
service network restart
chkconfig network on
mkdir -p /var/ftp/oel6/


Step 1

*install ftp package*
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(here i am asuming the cd/dvd is mounted under /media/oel6)

use following command to install ftp server

# cd /media/O*/Packages/
# rpm -iUh vsftpd*

ommit output...

# service vsftpd start ; chkconfig vsftpd on

ommit output...

Step 2

*install createrepo package*
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use following command to install createrepo package

# cd /media/O*/Packages/
# rpm -iUh deltarpm*
# rpm -iUh createrepo*

ommit output...

Step 3

*copy RHEL DVD into /var/ftp/rhel5/ location*
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# cp /media/O*/Packages /var/ftp/oel6/
# cp /media/O*/Server/repodata/* /var/ftp/oel6/Packages/
# cp /media/O*/Server/repodata/*comps* /var/ftp/
# cp /media/O*/Server/Tr* /var/ftp/oel6/
# cp /media/O*/Server/list* /var/ftp/oel6/

ommit output...

Step 4

*Create repository database*
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# createrepo -vg /var/ftp/*comps* /var/ftp/oel6/Packages

output ommit...


Step 5:

*Create repository file*
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# mv /etc/yum.repos.d/pubic-yum-ol6.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/public-yum-ol6.repo.original

Download Oracle public YUM server configuration file:

# pwd
/etc/yum.repos.d

# wget https://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo

# vim /etc/yum.repos.d/public-yum-ol6.repo

[Packages]
name=file:///var/ftp/oel6/Packages
baseurl=file:///var/ftp/oel6/Packages/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[ol6_u3_base]
name=Oracle Linux $releasever Update 3 installation media copy ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/3/base/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol6
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

:wq

Now you have done it lets check is it working?

#yum list

output ommit...

it will show list of installed [installed] and not installed [Server] packages.

Have fun!!
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