How to install Java on linux with no Internet connectivity (using local repository)

How to install Java on linux with no Internet connectivity (using local repository)

linux A: running in centos 6.6 and connected to the Internet

linux B: running in centos 6.6 and NOT connected to the Internet

here we download java package with dependencies from linux A which is connected to the Internet then configure local repository in linux B with the packages downloaded via linux A. At last java will be installed with dependencies by yum.

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# from linux A that is connected to the Internet

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1. install yum-utils for repotrack

yum install -y yum-utils

2. download packages along with all dependencies

repotrack -a x86_64 -p /tmp/packages createrepo java-1.7.0-openjdk

3. remove packages for i686 due to a bug in repotrack

rm -rf /tmp/packages/*i686.rpm

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# from laptop that is connected to both linux A and B

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1. copy the packages dir from linux A to local drive

scp -r user@linuxA:/tmp/packages ./

2. copy the packages dir from local drive to linux B

scp -r ./packages user@linuxA:/tmp/

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# from linux B NOT connected to the Internet

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1. install createrepo with its dependencies

cd /tmp/packages

rpm -Uvh deltarpm-*

rpm -Uvh python-deltarpm-*

rpm -Uvh libxml2-*

rpm -Uvh createrepo-*

2. change ownership for packages dir

chown -R root.root /tmp/packages

3. run createrepo to create local repo

createrepo /tmp/packages

chmod -R o-w+r /tmp/packages

4. set the repo configuration file

cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/myrepo.repo

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[local]

name=My Local Repo

baseurl=file:///tmp/packages

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

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5. install java package

yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk