Configure YUM Repository from installation DVD

Configure YUM Repository from installation DVD

           

Applies to:

            Oracle Enterprise Linux – Version: 7

           

Description:

            Configuring YUM on OEL 7 from installation DVD

Solution:

Following the steps to configure YUM from installation DVD:

After installation of Oracle Linux 7 configure YUM repository from installation DVD to install other RPMs.

Insert installation DVD of OEL 7 into CD/DVD ROM.

# umount /cdrom

# mount /dev/sr0 /mnt

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

Create a new file:

# vi rhel7dvd.repo

Add the following details:

[cdrom]

name=CDROM Repo

baseurl=file:///mnt

enabled=1

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle

Save the above file

Clear the related caches by yum clean all and subscription-manager:

# yum clean all

# subscription-manager clean

Check whether you can get the packages list from the DVD repo:

# yum list – noplugin

If no problem, you will update:

# yum update – noplugin

# yum-config-manager --disable ol7_UEKR3

# yum-config-manager --disable ol7_latest

# yum update – noplugin

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