Re: Local cache / 'repo' of updates and added RPM's

[Jay Mistry <jaylinux53@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Saturday 15 August 2009 12:35 PM, Jay Mistry wrote:

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Bruno Wolff III<bruno@xxxxxxxx>  wrote:

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 23:32:48 +0530,

 Jay Mistry<jaylinux53@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

I had to re-install Fedora 10 on a home desktop PC. In regard to this:

Is it possible to have a local cache/ "repository" of all
1) Updates (Critical, Security, Bug-fixes), and
2) Additional installed rpm's (that were installed through PackageKit),

e.g.

Opera, Adobe Reader, etc.
so that I do not have to download all those again (800 MB + D/L)

Sure. Just put the rpms of interest in a directory, run createrepo on the
directory and set up an appropriate repo description in
/etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo for some value of *.

For myself I usually mirror the relevant arch parts of updates and
updates-testing and only put a few special things in a local repo.

As an extension of this: is it possible to upgrade a Fedora 10 install to
Fedora 11, by using the Fedora 11 DVD as a local repository ? This would
save me (and also lot of other people who do not have fast Internet
connections and/or with time-capped Internet subscriptions), a lot of
bandwidth and time (and $$).

This thread might be useful for creating a local repo
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2009-June/thread.html#01934

Thanks for pointing it out. I will try out the instructions there and also at these 2 links later on in the week,

http://www.labtestproject.com/using_linux/setup_to_install_software_package_from_fedora_10_dvd

http://www.labtestproject.com/using_linux/install_software_from_fedora_installation_dvd

Jay

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