[elrepo] Strange issue with yum

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On October 27, 2018 4:22:16 AM GMT+03:00, aaronhcarr at gmail.com wrote:
>That's what it is.
>
>I was not aware that the chrooted image needed to have the repo in it
>as
>well.  I thought that the machine performing the transaction was
>enough.
>
Welcome to the club :)
Modt of us learned the hard way this little known fact.


>Thank you for pointing that out.
You are welcome



>
>On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 5:47 PM Manuel Wolfshant
><wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro>
>wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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