Installing the latest updates of fedora on a standalone system which has not internet connection.
I. Create a Fedora Update Repository:-
I. Create a Fedora Update Repository:-
1)
Take a System with Freshly installed Fedora OS connected to the
internet for downloading the updates. The Fedora release versions should
be the same as of the standalone system.
2) Create a folder to save to downloaded update.
# mkdir /yumdownloader/
3) Execute the below command to download the latest packages with dependencies:
# yum check-update | grep -v "anaconda\|Obsoleting" | awk '(NR
>=2)' | cut -d " " -f 1 | tr "\n" " " | xargs -r yumdownloader
--resolve --destdir /yumdownloader/
4) After completing the download, create an ISO image of the folder.
# genisoimage -o fedora-updatesdeps.iso /yumdownloader
II. Installing updates on standalone system:-
METHOD 1:-
1. Mount the iso fedora-updatesdeps.iso on the standalone System which is required to be updated.
# mkdir /mnt/iso/updates
# mount -o loop /dev/sr0 /mnt/iso/updates
# cd /mnt/iso
# createrepo .
(install createrepo package if not present).
# yum clean all
Then create a cdrepo.repo config file in /etc/yum.repos.d/
# vi cdupdates.repo
Add the below entries and save in the file:
[cdupdates]
name=CD REPOSITORY
baseurl=file:///mnt/iso
enabled=1
If required disable the other repos in the /etc/yum.repos.d/. In each file, change the setting enable=1 to enable=0
Once the above is done, execute the below command:
# yum check-update
This should show the updates in the cdrepo. Then execute:
# yum update
Method 2:
1. The below method can also be followed:
# cd /mnt/iso/updates
# rpm -Uvh *.rpm
NOTE:-
Method
1 shall keep a backup of the previous kernel version and can be seen in
the GRUB menu, while Method 2 shall remove the previous kernel after
upgrading.
