Updating from local files

[YellowDog]

I need to update a system, but the network connection is way too slow to run yum over the network. I have the update directory downloaded. Can I have yum get files from local files?

[glennzo]

Yes, you can create a local repository.

On the local computer (where the files are stored).

PHP Code:

su
createrepo folder-that-holds-files 


Then create a .repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d, something like this:

PHP Code:

[local]
Name=local
baseurl=file:///folder-that-holds-files
enabled=1 


Then call yum repolist and see if your new repository is recognised.