Hi Troy Thanks for your reply :-) BRGDS Alex 2009/9/25 Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> > On 09/24/2009 10:14 AM, iskandhar2000 wrote: > >> Hi Users... >> >> This is the issue, I have all the upgrades from SL-5.3 x86_64 plus the >> packages that I use from the repositories in a DVD set that i burned in >> another PC when I installed SL, this PC had net connection, ( I simply >> fetched the /var/cache/yum folder in tared volumes...) >> >> Now I wish to install all the upgrades and the packages in another box >> which has no net connection... >> >> What sould be the commands to upgrade and install packages in this other >> box after untaring the whole of /var/cache/yum in the target machine >> without net connection...? >> >> BRGDS >> >> PS: Several packages in the repos are not installed due to priority >> checks.... How do I disable this...? Is it advisable to do it, >> anyway...? >> >> >> Alex >> > > Hi Alex, > If you take the /var/cache/yum directory from one machine and put it on > another machine, it will work for a short period of time (12 hours or less). > And then after that, you machine is going to think that it's yum cache is > old and want to refresh that cache. > But, what you can do, is pull all of the rpm's out of the /var/cache/yum > area, and create your own local yum repository. Then just point your yum at > that. > > mkdir /var/tmp/mylocalyum > cp /var/cache/yum/*/packages/*.rpm /var/tmp/mylocalyum/ > createrepo /var/tmp/mylocalyum/ > > Then create your yum repo file. For this example I'll call it mylocal.repo > This file has to be in /etc/yum.repos.d/ Put the following in it > > [mylocal] > name=My Local Yum Repo > baseurl=file:///var/tmp/mylocalyum/ > enabled=1 > > > As for keeping packages out that you don't want updated, just take them out > before you do the createrepo. > > Hope this helps > Troy > -- > __________________________________________________ > Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 > Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI LMSS Group > __________________________________________________ >