Linux – yum install offline/without package on Centos 6 from a source due to firewall

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I want to "yum install php-mbstring" on Centos 6. The problem is that due to firewall restrictions, the centos machine can not connect outside. Therefore, epel etc packages fail due to unreachable: http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel…

I can transfer any file from my computer to the centos machine. So, is it possible to download php-mbstring source and put to the centos machine so that it can be installed offline?

Note: Downloaded packages such as epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm and putting on the centos machine doesnt work because they still need external connection when I run yum install.

Best Answer

Use yumdownloader on a system which does have internet access.

This will pull the package and its dependencies (using the --resolve switch) down to the local directory.

Copy the files to the system in question and yum install using the path to the files.

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