Published: 14 August 2025

Install the createrepo_c tool if it is not already installed.

sudo dnf install createrepo_c

Create a directory for the repo and copy the packages

sudo mkdir /srv/repos/local

Create the repository metadata

sudo createrepo_c /srv/repos/local

Create a repo configuration in /etc/yum/repos.d/. It's named must end in .repo.

cat /etc/yum/repos.d/local.repo
[local-repo]
name=Local Repository
baseurl=file:///srv/repos/local
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

If the packages you are trying to install conflict with packages from a module, such as when installing hotfixes you need to do module_hotfixes=1 to the yum config. 

cat /etc/yum/repos.d/local.repo
[local-repo]
name=Local Repository
baseurl=file:///srv/repos/local
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
module_hotfixes=1

Install (or update) from your new repo as you normally would.

dnf update <package>
dnf install <package>