How To Make A Local Yum Repository Using The RHEL6 DVD

1. Insert RHEL 6 DVD and mount it.
2. Copy the Packages directory from the DVD on a local directory on your hard drive.

mkdir /RHEL6DVD
cp -R /media/RHEL_6.1\ x86_64\ Disc\ 1/Packages /RHEL6DVD/

3. Install createrepo

cd /RHEL6DVD/Packages
rpm -ivh deltarpm-3.5-0.5.20090913git.el6.x86_64.rpm python-deltarpm-3.5-0.5.20090913git.el6.x86_64.rpm createrepo-0.9.8-4.el6.noarch.rpm

4. Create new yum repository

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/RHEL6DVD.repo

[dvd]
name=RHEL6DVD
baseurl=file:///RHEL6DVD/Packages
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0


5. Update yum repository

yum update

6. To install new packages

cd /RHEL6DVD/Packages
yum install binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.20.el6.x86_64

REP-0118 Unable to create temporary file

Earlier today, we were getting the following error when generating reports in Oracle Developer 6i:

REP-0118 Unable to create temporary file

It seems that the reports runtime wasn't able to create a temporary file in the reports temporary directory.  So, we simply changed the permission of this directory to correct the problem.  We gave write permission to the user who was running the report.  This directory is located here:

$ORACLE_HOME/reports60/TMP

Installations can be customized, so to get the exact location of the above folder, look for the regedit entry: REPORTS60_TMP

In summary, the cause of this error is the changing of the permission of the REPORTS60_TMP folder to read only.  The user running the report has no permission to write any file on this directory.