CentOS5 - Installing Softwares From Installation Media

Requirement :

1. Installation Media (DVD or ISO)
2. Brain

Mounting Media DVD or ISO

Create the directory to mount.

mkdir -p /media/CentOS

Mount DVD to created directory, if you are using DVD.

mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /media/CentOS

Mount ISO to created directory, if you are using ISO.(assuming ISO file is in /root/ directory)

mount -t iso9660 -o loop  /root/CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-DVD-1of2.iso /media/CentOS

Installing softwares from mounted DVD or ISO 
Update YUM database

yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c5-media update

Search and Install Software

yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c5-media search nmap

yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c5-media install nmap -y

CONGRATULATION! 


Oops! I almost forget. Here is how to unmount the media

umount /media/CentOS