Where can I find a 3rd Party Repository for RHEL 5?

tightlikethat · 02-27-2010, 08:34 PM

Does anyone know where I can find a legitimate 3rd party repository that provides rpm packages for RHEL 5? My trial subscription to the Red Hat Network has expired and I want to be able to test installing packages so that I can prepare for the RHCT examination. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

btmiller · 02-27-2010, 08:43 PM

I've heard that any of the CentOS repositories will work with RHEL5 (which makes sense as CentOS is just a rebuild of RHEL5). IU've never actually tried it, though.

custangro · 02-27-2010, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tightlikethat

Does anyone know where I can find a legitimate 3rd party repository that provides rpm packages for RHEL 5? My trial subscription to the Red Hat Network has expired and I want to be able to test installing packages so that I can prepare for the RHCT examination. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Why not use CentOS?

http://centos.org

FWIW I used CentOS to study...in fact...the first time I saw RHEL was during the test...

I am now RHCE...so yes CentOS _DOES_ get you the RHCT/E

-C

reed9 · 02-27-2010, 08:46 PM

You would probably do best to use a RHEL clone like Scientific Linux or CentOS.

AFAIK, you can use CentOS repos with RHEL. I don't use either, so I'm not sure what the regular repos are. Here is info on additional repositories.
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories