Configure Yum repository in Linux

Create a folder in the server.

mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/Server

Copy all RPMs from Linux DVD to Here.

Create the base repository headers:

cd /var/ftp/pub/Server/
rpm –ivh createrepo*

Paste database file to /tmp location

cd repodata/
cp comps* /tmp/comps.xml

Create repository

createrepo –g /tmp/comps.xml /var/ftp/pub/Server

Add your local repo to the list

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
rm *
touch server.repo

Edit the File server.repo:

[server]
name= My Local Repo
baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub/Server
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0