Last time i made a simple hello rpm. openSUSE – Build a rpm package

Now i want to create a simple repository containing this rpm such that i can install this rpm after adding this repository to the YaST in openSUSE.

Introduction
Basically there are 3 types of Repositories

• Plain Cache Sources
• repomd/rpm md/YUM Sources
• YaST Sources

For more details about different repository type, please refer to the following article

• openSUSE – Creating YaST Installation Sources

Create a YUM repository
1. Install the createrepo package.

• Ubuntu user – apt-get install createrepo
• openSUSE user – Just use the YaST Software Management

2. Create the following a repository folder and put your rpms into it
Example:

/var/www/suse_repo/
                                 \- i586/
                                            \- hello-2.1.1-1.i586.rpm
                                            \- other-1.0-1.i586.rpm
                                 \- i686/
                                            \- hello-2.1.1-1.i686.rpm
                                            \- other-1.0.i686.rpm
                                 \- noarch/
                                            \- hello-2.1.1-1.noarch.rpm
                                            \- other-1.0.noarch.rpm

3. createrepo /var/www/suse_repo/rpms

 


4. Your yum repository is created =)

5. Add this new yum repository in openSUSE

• zypper addrepo -t <repository type> <path> <repository name>

Example:

• Add as local repository: zypper addrepo -t YUM /var/www/suse_repo local_repo
• Add as http repository: zypper addrepo -t YUM http://<host>/suse_repo local_repo

For the http repository, just copy the repository folder to the Document Root of the web server like /var/www in Apache.

6. Check whether your repository is working or not by using the zypper se <package name> command

 


Remarks:
i found that there is an problem when i tried to add the http repository under the YaST GUI of openSUSE 11.2. I always got the Connection Timeout. So i have to add the repository by the zypper command.

 

Done =)

References:

• Novell – Creating an Online Install Site
• 不大會寫程式 :: Xuite日誌 – make my own suse yast repository
• Sign The Yum Repository :: openSUSE – Create your own Software Repository @ 2