[Yum] yum groupinstall question

[David Timms]

Shuichi Ihara wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm attempting to install RHEL packages to a directory with yum.
> e.g)
> # mkdir /tmp/rhel5.3
> # yum -y --installroot=/tmp/rhel5.3 -c yum.conf --disablerepo=* \
> --enablerepo=rhel5.3 install bash
> # yum -y --installroot=/tmp/rhel5.3 -c yum.conf --disablerepo=* \
> --enablerepo=rhel5.3 groupinstall "core"
> 
> my yum.conf is much simple. It just defines repo name and bseurl which is pointed to dvd.
> [rhel5.3]
> name=rhel5.3
> baseurl=file:///media/rhel5.3/Server
> 
> When I run above "yum groupinstall" command, it failed due to a couple of
> packages are already install below...
> 
> Transaction Check Error:
>   package libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1 is already installed
>   package glibc-2.5-34 is already installed
>   package libgcc-4.1.2-44.el5 is already installed
I think these are being read for your rpmdb in your /var file system.

Perhaps you need to initialize the rpmdb within the installroot ?

DaveT.