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Release found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Resolution:
In order to use yum to install or update packages from an iso file, follow the steps below: -

1. Create directories to mount the iso file.

   #mkdir -p /cdrom/iso
   

2. Mount the iso as loopback device.

   #mount -o loop <iso-name> /cdrom/iso
   

   Replace <iso-name> with the iso file.
3. Create a repository. The createrepo package needs to be installed on the system in order to run the following commands. createrepo is an optional package and is not installed by default.

   #cd /cdrom
   #createrepo .
   #yum clean all
   

4. Create a file /etc/yum.repos.d/file.repo as follows:

   #cat /etc/yum.repos.d/file.repo
   [RHEL 5 Repository]
   baseurl=file:///cdrom
   enabled=1
   

Running yum should now work with the iso file as the source.