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How to Configure YUM

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Most of the beginners in Linux faces a big problem when they are deploying a package i.e.; dependency failure. To resolve this issue redhat introduced a technology called YUM. YUM is a repository system contains information about packages and files inside every RPMs Don’t worry about redhat repository .Create your own Yum repository in a local system and enjoy Here we go 1. You must have all CDs used for Redhat installation 2. 3 GB partition formatted in ext3 3. Ftp service 4. Create repo package Create a directory in / called yum # mkdir /yum Create one partition using fdisk with 3 gb size After creating partition reboot the system or use partprob command to rebuild partition table Format partition # mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdX Mount the newly created partition to /yum # mount /dev/sdX /yum Add the same to fstab for mounting at system startup Mount your 1st CD to /mnt # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt Copy Server, Cluster, ClusterStorage, VT directories to /yum # cp –ai /mnt/Server /yum # cp –ai /mnt/C