How to Make A Local YUM Repo From the Installation DVD Media on Oracle Linux Enterprise 7 Server Easy Guide

Setup a Local Yum Repo from DVD on Oracle Linux

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Create a Working Local YUM Repository from the Installation Media DVD on Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.

The Procedure described is Especially Useful for the Oracle Linux Beta Releases and if you Do Not Dispose of Internet Connection.

1. Load the Oracle Enterprise Linux 7 Server Installation DVD.

2. Mounting DVD from Command Line.

   su 

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   mkdir /mnt/dvd

   mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/dvd

3. Copying DVD Contents.

   mkdir -p /var/OSimage/OL7b_x8664

   cp -r /mnt/dvd/* /var/OSimage/OL7b_x8664/

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4. Making the YUM repo.

   vi /etc/yum.repos.d/OL7b.repo

   Hit the ‘i’ Key and Append:

   [OL7b]
   name=Oracle Enterprise Linux 7 Beta x8664
   baseurl=file:///var/OSimage/OL7b_x8664
   gpgkey=file:///var/OSimage/OL7b_x8664/RPM-GPG-KEY
   gpgcheck=1/nenabled=1 
   

   Hit the ‘Esc’ Key and then Enter ‘:wq’ to Write and Quit from Vi Editor :)

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5. Enabling the Local YUM repo.

   yum clean all

   yum repolist

   exit

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