Local cache / 'repo' of updates and added RPM's

[jaylinux53]

I had to re-install Fedora 10 on a home desktop PC. In regard to this:

Is it possible to have a local cache/ "repository" of all -
1) Updates (Critical, Security, Bug-fixes), and
2) Additional installed rpm's (that were installed through
PackageKit), e.g. Opera, Adobe Reader, etc.
so that I do not have to download all those again (800 MB + D/L)

This would be similar to the 'aptonCD' package in Ubuntu (http://
aptoncd.sourceforge.net/)
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APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows you to
create one or more CDs or DVDs (you choose the type of media) with
all of the packages you've downloaded via APT-GET or APTITUDE,
creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers.
APTonCD will also allow you to automatically create media with all
of your .deb packages located in one specific repository, so that you
can install them into your computers without the need for an internet
connection.
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Thanks,

Jay

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Fedora 10, Ubuntu 9.04 (i686)

[Allen Kistler]

jaylinux53 wrote:
> I had to re-install Fedora 10 on a home desktop PC. In regard to this:
>
> Is it possible to have a local cache/ "repository" of all -
> 1) Updates (Critical, Security, Bug-fixes), and
> 2) Additional installed rpm's (that were installed through
> PackageKit), e.g. Opera, Adobe Reader, etc.
> so that I do not have to download all those again (800 MB + D/L)
>
> This would be similar to the 'aptonCD' package in Ubuntu (http://
> aptoncd.sourceforge.net/)

When you download a package via yum, it goes into
/var/cache/yum/<repo-name>/packages. In /etc/yum.conf, the setting
keepcache controls whether the caches are kept or cleared once the
update is done.

You can mv the rpms from the caches to someplace which you then share up
via ftp, http, nfs, whatever, to your other machines. There are other
creative ways to save anything you download once, of course, but that's
one way.

Once you've got the rpms collected somewhere, createrepo is the command
to turn a bunch of files into a local repository.