[Yum] Can yum install to private rpm databases (rpm -U --dbpath /xxx/yyy) ?

David Beach dbeach at seldensoft.com
Thu Aug 18 11:26:35 UTC 2005


I'm evaluating yum as a tool for managing 'in-house' application
deployment.  The idea is to establish a custom rpm repository of
internally developed applications, and use yum (manually, as a non-root
users) to resolve package dependencies at install time.

I think it's feasible for non-root users to use yum (nothing in the
packages will require root access) if installs can be directed to query
and update a private rpm database.  Has anyone done this?  Can you provide
details?  I understand how to create the private rpm database, but can I
configure yum to update it?

I've found plenty of references to establishing private yum repositories,
but it's not clear how to configure yum to perform installs with the rpm
command line argument of --dbpath.

Thanks,
David




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