Hi The yum.conf file contains the reposdir that is supposed to pull in the repo's if finds in the defined directory. This is currently set to "reposdir=/root/yumstuff"... does this switch work or is this broken? On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 12:08 -0500, Troy Dawson wrote: > marian szczepkowski wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am trying to use yum to install to a file system without having yum > > install all the repo and cache data on the destination filesystem. The > > installroot directive appeared to be what I was after, but all fails, > > and the following is what I get, > > [root@cherafir ~]# yum -c /root/yumstuff/yum.conf install yum > > Yum Version: 2.2.1 > > COMMAND: yum -c /root/yumstuff/yum.conf install yum > > Installroot: /root/mnt > > Ext Commands: > > yum > > Setting up Install Process > > Setting up Repos > > No Repositories Available to Set Up > > > > My yum.conf looks like this, and I have placed a known working set of > > repo's in the yumstuff directory > > [main] > > cachedir=/root/yumstuff > > debuglevel=10 > > logfile=/root/yumstuff/yum.log > > pkgpolicy=newest > > distroverpkg=redhat-release > > tolerant=1 > > exactarch=1 > > retries=20 > > obsoletes=1 > > gpgcheck=1 > > installroot=/root/mnt > > reposdir=/root/yumstuff > > cachedir=/root/yumstuff > > > > > > My guess is > "No Repositories Available to Set Up" > > You are not pointing yum at any repositories, so it has nothing to do. > You'll need to add a repository section into your yum.conf such as > > [macromedia] > name=Macromedia Flash Plugin > baseurl=http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/macromedia/rpm/ > enabled=1 > > > Troy -- Marian Szczepkowski <marian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> JOZEP Pty/Ltd
