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If that doesn't help than I will have to ask a Moderator to help because Yum should install anything unless you don't have those repo's that assist Yum to function.
Configure, make, and make install was the right thing to perform--
Besides that Red Hat 6.3 is the current stable version at this time.
But stay with your Red Hat 5 unless a Moderator advises you otherwise.
It looks like your repos are not setup correctly.
Can you show:
Code:
cat /etc/*release*
uname -a
cat /etc/yum.conf
ls /etc/yum.repos.d
# in the above dir, if there is a '*Base*' or similar repo,
# please cat the content
# also
yum list repos
It looks like your repos are not setup correctly.
Can you show:
Code:
cat /etc/*release*
uname -a
cat /etc/yum.conf
ls /etc/yum.repos.d
# in the above dir, if there is a '*Base*' or similar repo,
# please cat the content
# also
yum list repos
I don't know if i understand what you asked me , but this is the result of the commands:
Code:
# cat /etc/*release*
cat: /etc/lsb-release.d: Is a directory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga)
# uname -a
Linux vm 2.6.18-238.el5 #1 SMP Sun Dec 19 14:22:44 EST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# ls /etc/yum.repos.d
mirrors-rpmforge redhat.repo rpmforge.repo.rpmnew
mirrors-rpmforge-extras mirrors-rpmforge-testing rpmforge.repo
# yum list repos
Loaded plugins: security
Error: No matching Packages to list
and this the content of redhat.repo if it can help :
[rhel-source]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - Source
baseurl=ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/enterprise/$releasever/en/os/SRPMS/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
this is very disconcerting
Apache is almost always installed by default on RHEL5
and is in the RHN repo
besides the above things to post
Please post the output of this
Code:
su -
yum repolist all
this will output ALL the software repos that are installed and if they are ON or OFF
Thanks for you reply too .
# yum repolist all
Loaded plugins: security
Code:
repo id repo name status
FAN FAN enabled: 108
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux enabled: 7,275
epel-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux disabled
epel-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux disabled
epel-testing Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux disabled
epel-testing-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux disabled
epel-testing-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux disabled
graphviz-snapshot Graphviz - RHEL 5Server - x86_64 disabled
graphviz-snapshot-debuginfo Graphviz - RHEL - Debug disabled
graphviz-snapshot-source Graphviz - RHEL 5Server - Source disabled
graphviz-stable Graphviz - RHEL 5Server - x86_64 enabled: 220
graphviz-stable-debuginfo Graphviz - RHEL - Debug disabled
graphviz-stable-source Graphviz - RHEL 5Server - Source disabled
rhel-source Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Server - S enabled: 4,560
rpmforge Red Hat Enterprise 5Server - RPMforg enabled: 11,273
repolist: 23,436
on rhel5 you are missing the RHN.repo and it's uopdate repo
contact red hat tech support
and with rpmforge installed on RHEL5 there are very serious conflicts with the base red hat install ( mostly fixed with rhel6 )
the yum plugin " yum-priorities " or yum-protectbase are needed and need to be configured
also contact red hat tech support about this
and have a look through the red hat knowlage base
( you need to login the the redhat web site to use most of the search )
on rhel5 you are missing the RHN.repo and it's uopdate repo
contact red hat tech support
and with rpmforge installed on RHEL5 there are very serious conflicts with the base red hat install ( mostly fixed with rhel6 )
the yum plugin " yum-priorities " or yum-protectbase are needed and need to be configured
also contact red hat tech support about this
and have a look through the red hat knowlage base
( you need to login the the redhat web site to use most of the search )
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