[elrepo] Strange issue with yum

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On October 27, 2018 3:41:13 AM GMT+03:00, aaronhcarr at gmail.com wrote:
>I considered that, and verified that it is enabled.
>
>[root at ohpc-admin1 yum.repos.d]# cat elrepo.repo
>### Name: ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repository for el7
>### URL: http://elrepo.org/
>
>[elrepo]
>name=ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repository - el7
>baseurl=http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el7/$basearch/
>        http://mirrors.coreix.net/elrepo/elrepo/el7/$basearch/
>        http://mirror.rackspace.com/elrepo/elrepo/el7/$basearch/
>        http://repos.lax-noc.com/elrepo/elrepo/el7/$basearch/
>        http://mirror.ventraip.net.au/elrepo/elrepo/el7/$basearch/
>mirrorlist=http://mirrors.elrepo.org/mirrors-elrepo.el7
>enabled=1
>gpgcheck=1
>gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
>protect=0
>

Your test did not take into account that you are using a different install root




>On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 5:31 PM Manuel Wolfshant
><wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro>
>wrote:
>
>> On October 27, 2018 2:09:55 AM GMT+03:00, aaronhcarr at gmail.com wrote:
>> >I'm using a warewulf cluster (image based software provisioner).
>> >
>> >I'm trying to get GPU nodes setup.
>> >
>> >I've addded the ELRepo information to the master node.
>> >rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
>> >rpm -Uvh
>> >http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-7.0-2.el7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
>> >
>> >After this, if I do yum search kmod-nvidia, I get this:
>> >Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
>> >Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>> > * base: mirror.jaleco.com
>> > * elrepo: repos.lax-noc.com
>> > * epel: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>> > * extras: mirror.jaleco.com
>> > * updates: mirror.jaleco.com
>> >============================================ N/S matched:
>kmod-nvidia
>> >=============================================
>> >kmod-nvidia.x86_64 : nvidia kernel module(s)
>> >kmod-nvidia-304xx.x86_64 : nvidia-304xx kernel module(s)
>> >kmod-nvidia-340xx.x86_64 : nvidia-340xx kernel module(s)
>> >kmod-nvidia-390xx.x86_64 : nvidia-390xx kernel module(s)
>> >
>> >  Name and summary matches only, use "search all" for everything.
>> >
>> >Now, I want to load this into my GPU image.  So I use the
>installroot
>> >directive, and it can't find it.
>> >
>> >yum --installroot=/opt/ohpc/admin/images/gpu/ install -y kmod-nvidia
>> >Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
>> >Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>> > * base: centos.s.uw.edu
>> > * epel: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>> > * extras: centos.s.uw.edu
>> > * updates: centos.s.uw.edu
>> the elrepo repository is not enabled,
>> according to the list above
>>
>>
>> >No package kmod-nvidia available.
>> >Error: Nothing to do
>> >
>> >Any insight as to why this fails?
>> Enable the repo...
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Right now, I'm using the workaround of logging in to a running GPU
>> >node,
>> >adding the repo, and using downloadonly.  Then copying those RPMs to
>> >the
>> >master, and doing yum localinstall with the
>> >--installroot=/opt/ohpc/admin/images/gpu/.
>> >
>> >That works, but I'd really like to be able to cut out that step.
>>
>>