Installing packages and configuring Servers we need to configure the YellowDog Update Manager (YUM)

First,

1 If its local repository then

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Install Package createrepo ( this pacakge is present in RHEL 5 dvd in Server folder)

RPM -ivh createrepo

createrepo -v /var/ftp/pub/Server

/var/ftp/pub/Server => this is the directory where local copy of RPM packages are there

Edit the Server.repo file

# vi Server.repo

[Server]

name= redhat

baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub/Server

[enable=1]

[gpgcheck=0]

Save the file and quit

Then,

#yum clean all

#yum update

Now you can install packages

#yum install package-name

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2 If repository is present in server

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#cd /etc/yum.repos.d

#ls

Then it will list the files. There is a file with name rhel-debuginfo.repo. Copy this file to a temp file with name Sever.repo. The starting letter of Server should be Capital.

Second step is given below

#cp rhel-debuginfo.repo Server.repo

The Third and final steps

Edit the Server.repo file

# vi Server.repo

[Server]

[name= redhat]

[baseurl=ftp://192.168.0.254/pub/Server] ( eg: IP address : 192.168.0.254 (the server IP)

[enable=1]

[gpgcheck=0]

Save the file and quit

Then,

#yum clean all

#yum update

Now you can install packages

#yum install package-name

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Yum local repository creation using ftp

step1: Install vsftpd

step2: cp -r Server /var/ftp/pub

step3: cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

ls

step4: vi rhel-debuinfo.rep

[rhel-debuginfo]

name=Red Hat ..........

baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub/Server

enable=1

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rp..........

:wq!

step5: yum clean all

step6: yum update

step7:install any package and test