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

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Tue Aug 23 04:09:28 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 07:26 -0400, David Beach wrote:
> 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.

I do not think yum will play nicely with an rpmdb in the non-default
location outside of a separate chroot.

-sv





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