[SOLVED] CentOs Yum configuration

jitendra bhaskar · 04-05-2012, 01:09 AM

Hi Team,

I have install CentOs-6 and i was trying to install rpm from online CentOS yum repository but i cant do it,
May be some default Yum setting is change from my side
Can any one help me to configure default yum setting on my CentOs-6 box? so i can install require rpm/dependencies from online CentOs site.

EricTRA · 04-05-2012, 01:44 AM

Hello,

Did you check that you have internet connectivity? If you do, then the next step is to check what repositories you have configured and enabled. For that you'll need to check the contents of the files in /etc/yum.repos.d/ which in a default CentOS 6 installation would include the following files:

Quote:

CentOS-Base.repo
CentOS-Debuginfo.repo
CentOS-Media.repo

Kind regards,

Eric

jitendra bhaskar · 04-05-2012, 01:52 AM

Hi EricTRa,

Thanks for prompt reply,
please see below out put from my box

[root@localhost ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# ls -lrth
total 24K
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 728 Nov 13 2010 mirrors-rpmforge-testing
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 717 Nov 13 2010 mirrors-rpmforge-extras
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 739 Nov 13 2010 mirrors-rpmforge
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 126 Nov 13 20:25 google-talkplugin.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1.1K Apr 5 09:50 rpmforge.repo

EricTRA · 04-05-2012, 02:04 AM

Hi,

Apparently you only have the RPMForge repositories configured and not the basic CentOS ones. Did you remove the repo files for CentOS? You'll need at least the Base repository to be able to apply updates and patches for your version. Can you confirm you have internet connectivity?

Kind regards,

Eric

jitendra bhaskar · 04-05-2012, 02:06 AM

Yes,

I have internet connectivity and i am replying from the same Linux box

EricTRA · 04-05-2012, 02:11 AM

Hi,

This is what I have for a clean CentOS 6.2:
/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

Code:

# CentOS-Base.repo
#
# The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
# geographically close to the client.  You should use this for CentOS updates
# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
#
# If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the 
# remarked out baseurl= line instead.
#
#

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#released updates 
[updates]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#contrib - packages by Centos Users
[contrib]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

This is only the base to allow you to get updates and install software (and dependencies) from base, updates and extras. Put the file in your /etc/yum.repos.d directory (make sure you get the .repo extension) and run:

Code:

yum update

Next try to install the software you were trying before. If it fails, please tell us what software you are trying to install.

Kind regards,

Eric

jitendra bhaskar · 04-05-2012, 02:29 AM

Hey EricTRA,

Thanks for your help at least something positive happen and i have done what you told, i am trying to install gcc but giving an error

Please see below steps done by me as u mentioned

[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# pwd
/etc/yum.repos.d
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# ls -lrth
total 24K
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 728 Nov 13 2010 mirrors-rpmforge-testing
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 717 Nov 13 2010 mirrors-rpmforge-extras
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 739 Nov 13 2010 mirrors-rpmforge
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 126 Nov 13 20:25 google-talkplugin.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1.1K Apr 5 09:50 rpmforge.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1.9K Apr 5 12:46 CentOS-Base.repo

[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum update

Now its updating my packages...
arround 613 packages are updating...

Please be on-line let me finish my update

jitendra bhaskar · 04-05-2012, 04:47 AM

Hi EricTRA,

Its working fine...

Thanks for your great help

Regards
Jitendra

EricTRA · 04-05-2012, 04:53 AM

Hello,

Good to hear! If you consider your problem solved then please mark the thread as such. Have fun with Linux.

Kind regards,

Eric