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):

• 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).

Note You can verify that the ISO was copied correctly by comparing its checksum with the digest value that is listed on edelivery.oracle.com, for example:

# sha1sum V33411-01.iso
7daae91cc0437f6a98a4359ad9706d678a9f19de V33411-01.iso

• 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

• 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,ro /ISOs/V33411-01.iso /var/OSimage/OL6.3_x86_64

Note Include the read-only mount option (ro) to avoid changing the contents of the ISO by mistake.

• 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 iso9660 loop,ro 0 0

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.

• 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/OL6.3_x86_64
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
gpgcheck=1 
enabled=1

Clean up the yum cache.

# yum clean all

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