Creating a Local Yum Repository Using an ISO Image

Note

The system must have sufficient storage space to host a full Oracle Linux Media Pack DVD image (approximately 3.5 GB for Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 3).

To create a local yum repository (for example, if a system does not have Internet access):

1. On a system with Internet access, download a full Oracle Linux DVD image from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud at http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux onto removable storage (such as a USB memory stick). For example,V33411-01.iso contains the Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 3 Media Pack for x86 (64 bit).
2. Transfer the removable storage to the system on which you want to create a local yum repository, and copy the DVD image to a directory in a local file system.

   # cp /media/USB_stick/V33411-01.iso /ISOs

3. Create a suitable mount point, for example /var/OSimage/OL6.3_x86_64, and mount the DVD image on it.

   # mkdir -p /var/OSimage/OL6.3_x86_64
   # mount -o loop /ISOs/V33411-01.iso /var/OSimage/OL6.3_x86_64

4. Create an entry in /etc/fstab so that the system always mounts the DVD image after a reboot.

   /ISOs/V33411-01.iso /var/OSimage/OL6.3_x86_64 loop defaults 0 0

5. In the /etc/yum.repos.d directory, edit the existing repository files, such as public-yum-ol6.repo or ULN-base.repo, and disable all entries by setting enabled=0.
6. Create the following entries in a new repository file (for example, /etc/yum.repos.d/OL63.repo).

   [OL63]
   name=Oracle Linux 6.3 x86_64
   baseurl=file:///var/OSimage/
   gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
   gpgcheck=1 
   enabled=1 

7. Clean up the yum cache.

   # yum clean all

8. Test that you can use yum to access the repository.

   # yum repolist
   Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, security
   ...
   repo id                    repo name                                status
   OL63                       Oracle Linux 6.3 x86_64                  25,459
   repolist: 25,459

Ref: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/E37355/html/ol_create_repo.html