Procedure 1.1. Setting Up a Yum repository

1. Install the createrepo package:

   ~]# yum install createrepo
   

2. Copy all of the packages into one directory, such as /mnt/local_repo/.
3. Run the createrepo --database command on that directory:

   ~]# createrepo --database /mnt/local_repo
   

   Important

   Because RPM packages for Fedora 14 are compressed using the XZ lossless data compression format, and may also be signed using alternative (and stronger) hash algorithms such as SHA-256, it is not possible to run createrepo on Fedora 5 to create the package metadata for Fedora 14 packages. The createrepo command relies on rpm to open and inspect the packages, and rpm on Fedora 5 is not able to open the improved Fedora 14 RPM package format.