yum and RHEL5.1

spankbot · 03-11-2008, 05:50 PM

I'm unable to install devel rpms via yum - it appears that these rpms are just not available in the default repo for RHEL5.1. Does anyone have a clue as to what repo I can add that will give me access to these devel rpms?

Lenard · 03-11-2008, 06:49 PM

What subscription level do you have at RHN??? The Basic / Workstation levels do not provide access to such things as the development tools.

spankbot · 03-11-2008, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lenard

What subscription level do you have at RHN??? The Basic / Workstation levels do not provide access to such things as the development tools.

I have a basic subscription - guess that means I'm screwed.

Lenard · 03-11-2008, 08:02 PM

Not really, one can add the CentOS repositories for use on RHEL. One needs to create a CentOS.repo which goes into the /etc/yum.repos.d directory location, sample file below;

Code:

[c5base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=$basearch&repo=os
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#released updates 
[c5updates]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#packages used/produced in the build but not released
[c5addons]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=$basearch&repo=addons
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that may be useful
[c5extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[c5plus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

All are disabled by default (which is a good idea), but if needed then one can do for example;

yum install foo --enablerepo=c5*

sunpitt · 03-30-2008, 02:42 PM

i m using http
my /etc/yum.conf reads as::

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
metadata_expire=1800

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
[dries]
name=Extra Fedora rpms dries - $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/dries.ulyssis.org/redhat/el5/en/i386/dries/RPMS

so when i tried to install any package using yum..by using the following command::

http_proxy=http:<username>:<pswd>@172.31.100.29:3128
export http_proxy
yum -y install <package>

i got the following error::

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 102, in main
result, resultmsgs = do()
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 359, in doCommands
return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 134, in doCommand
return base.installPkgs(extcmds)
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 509, in installPkgs
self.doRepoSetup()
File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 102, in doRepoSetup
yum.YumBase.doRepoSetup(self, thisrepo=thisrepo)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 299, in doRepoSetup
repo.setup(self.conf.cache)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 503, in setup
self._loadRepoXML(text=self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 530, in _loadRepoXML
cache=self.http_caching == 'all')
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 430, in __get
http_headers=headers,
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/mirror.py", line 411, in urlgrab
return self._mirror_try(func, url, kw)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/mirror.py", line 397, in _mirror_try
return func_ref( *(fullurl,), **kwargs )
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 927, in urlgrab
return self._retry(opts, retryfunc, url, filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 845, in _retry
r = apply(func, (opts,) + args, {})
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 913, in retryfunc
fo = URLGrabberFileObject(url, filename, opts)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1001, in __init__
self._do_open()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1072, in _do_open
fo, hdr = self._make_request(req, opener)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1168, in _make_request
fo = opener.open(req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 358, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 376, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 337, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 573, in <lambda>
lambda r, proxy=url, type=type, meth=self.proxy_open: \
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 580, in proxy_open
if '@' in host:
TypeError: iterable argument required

Anybody please help me....