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March 6, 2015

How to Install EPEL Yum Repository on Linux CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Epel yum repository is an open source centos yum repository or rpm repository for developers and system administrators to perform the installation of RPM packages via yum on their virtual private server (VPS) or dedicated server.

EPEL yum repository is redhat yum repository for CentOS and additional yum repository for the existing CentOS repository.

It provides 100 % high quality software packages for Linux distributions, including RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), CentOS and Debian, and all packages maintained by Fedora repo team.

1. Prepare EPEL repository for RHEL 7/CentOS 7 64 bit (epel centos 7/epel rhel 7) :

# sudo rpm --import https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
# # sudo rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-9.noarch.rpm

Example :

# sudo rpm --import https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
# sudo rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-9.noarch.rpm
Retrieving https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-9.noarch.rpm
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:epel-release-7-9                 ################################# [100%]

In CentOS 7, an alternative way to install the EPEL repo is by using the command yum :

# sudo yum install epel-release -y

2. Command to verify that the EPEL repository is enabled.

# sudo yum repolist

Sample output :

# sudo yum repolist
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirrors.linode.com
 * epel: ftp.osuosl.org
 * extras: mirrors.linode.com
 * updates: mirrors.linode.com
repo id                                                       repo name                                                                                 status
base/7/x86_64                                                 CentOS-7 - Base                                                                            9,363
epel/x86_64                                                   Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64                                            11,046
extras/7/x86_64                                               CentOS-7 - Extras                                                                            200
nginx/x86_64                                                  nginx repo                                                                                    41
updates/7/x86_64                                              CentOS-7 - Updates                                                                           438
varnish-4.1/x86_64                                            Varnish Cache 4.1 for Enterprise Linux                                                        31
repolist: 21,119

3. Install httpd package using epel repo option –enablerepo=epel :

# sudo yum --enablerepo=epel install httpd

February 1, 2015

How to Prepare Local Yum Repository from CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image on RHEL 7

If you have installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7) but do not have access to the redhat official repo, you will encounter problems installing and updating software. To solve the above problems, I have prepared a short step to update and install the RPM package from the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image for RHEL 7. This step can also be used in RHEL 6 or older versions such as RHEL 5. For linux servers that do not have access to the internet or no access to the RHEL official repository, the steps below will help.

1. Mount the ISO from the DVD-ROM into /mnt directory :

[root@rhel7 ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

2. Take note the media ID :

[root@rhel7 ~]# cat /mnt/media.repo

[InstallMedia]
name=RHEL-7.0 Server.x86_64
mediaid=1294067623.154321
metadata_expire=-1
gpgcheck=0
cost=500

3. Create rhel7.repo text file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ with the following content. Make sure you include the correct media ID as above. Save the file :

[root@rhel7 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel7.repo

[Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository]
mediaid=1294067623.154321
name=DVD-RHEL7 repository
baseurl=file:///mnt
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

4. Install, remove and update using yum command.

[root@rhel7 ~]# yum install perl -y

Example :

[root@rhel7 ~]# yum install perl -y
..
..
====================================================================================================
 Package                    Arch       Version                 Repository                      Size
====================================================================================================
Installing:
 perl                       x86_64     4:5.16.3-283.el7        Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository     8.0 M
Installing for dependencies:
 perl-Carp                  noarch     1.26-244.el7            Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      19 k
 perl-Encode                x86_64     2.51-7.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository     1.5 M
 perl-Exporter              noarch     5.68-3.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      28 k
 perl-File-Path             noarch     2.09-2.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      27 k
 perl-File-Temp             noarch     0.23.01-3.el7           Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      56 k
 perl-Filter                x86_64     1.49-3.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      76 k
 perl-Getopt-Long           noarch     2.40-2.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      56 k
 perl-HTTP-Tiny             noarch     0.033-3.el7             Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      38 k
 perl-PathTools             x86_64     3.40-5.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      83 k
 perl-Pod-Escapes           noarch     1:1.04-283.el7          Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      50 k
 perl-Pod-Perldoc           noarch     3.20-4.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      87 k
 perl-Pod-Simple            noarch     1:3.28-4.el7            Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository     216 k
 perl-Pod-Usage             noarch     1.63-3.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      27 k
 perl-Scalar-List-Utils     x86_64     1.27-248.el7            Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      36 k
 perl-Socket                x86_64     2.010-3.el7             Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      49 k
 perl-Storable              x86_64     2.45-3.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      77 k
 perl-Text-ParseWords       noarch     3.29-4.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      14 k
 perl-Time-Local            noarch     1.2300-2.el7            Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      24 k
 perl-constant              noarch     1.27-2.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      19 k
 perl-libs                  x86_64     4:5.16.3-283.el7        Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository     686 k
 perl-macros                x86_64     4:5.16.3-283.el7        Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      42 k
 perl-parent                noarch     1:0.225-244.el7         Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      12 k
 perl-podlators             noarch     2.5.1-3.el7             Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository     112 k
 perl-threads               x86_64     1.87-4.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      49 k
 perl-threads-shared        x86_64     1.43-6.el7              Local-DVD-RHEL7-Repository      39 k

..
..

May 12, 2013

How to Configure EPEL Repository on CentOS 6.4 x86_64

EPEL repository is another extra repository that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS server. By using EPEL repository you can install some other third party software such as nagios, or bugzilla, phpmyadmin, or any other standard open source software just using yum command. These repositories are not officially supported by CentOS, but this repository provide much more current versions of popular PHP or MySQL applications. This post describe how you can prepare EPEL Repository on CentOS 6.4 x86_64.

1. Download and import the GPG keys for EPEL software packages:

[root@centos64 ~]# wget http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
[root@centos64 ~]# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
[root@centos64 ~]# rm -f RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6

2. Download and install EPEL repository for 64-bit CentOS :

[root@centos64 ~]# wget http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
[root@centos64 ~]# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:epel-release ########################################### [100%]

Alternately, you can browse other version of EPEL package set using repoview:

EPEL 6: i386, x86_64, ppc64, sources
EPEL 5: i386, x86_64, ppc, sources

March 22, 2013

How to Update CentOS 6.4 System using ‘yum update’

This post will show how you can update CentOS 6.4 system with ‘yum‘ command. You should update the linux to newer release or latest linux kernal because you will get security fixes, stability improvements, updated device drivers, get new kernel functions and to increased speed of the linux operating system. After get all above benefits, it’s very worthwhile to update your kernel for Linux often as soon as new update released. Now let’s take a look at the most common linux command that we can use for updating linux system. This steps has been tested on CentOS 6.4.

1 Get ‘yum-plugin-fastestmirror’ plugin installed. This plugin will looks for fast server to download packages :

[root@centos64 ~]# yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror -y

2. Check current version and current kernel version :

[root@centos64 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.4 (Final)

[root@centos64 ~]# uname -a
Linux centos64.ehowstuff.local 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 22 00:31:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

3. Perform system update by ‘yum update’ command :

[root@centos64 ~]# yum update -y

Example :

[root@centos64 ~]# yum update -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.ipserverone.com
 * extras: centos.ipserverone.com
 * updates: centos.ipserverone.com
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dbus-glib.x86_64 0:0.86-5.el6 will be updated
---> Package dbus-glib.x86_64 0:0.86-6.el6 will be an update
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 will be installed
---> Package kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32-358.el6 will be updated
---> Package kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 will be an update
---> Package libxml2.x86_64 0:2.7.6-8.el6_3.4 will be updated
---> Package libxml2.x86_64 0:2.7.6-12.el6_4.1 will be an update
---> Package mysql-libs.x86_64 0:5.1.66-2.el6_3 will be updated
---> Package mysql-libs.x86_64 0:5.1.67-1.el6_3 will be an update
---> Package openldap.x86_64 0:2.4.23-31.el6 will be updated
---> Package openldap.x86_64 0:2.4.23-32.el6_4 will be an update
---> Package openssl.x86_64 0:1.0.0-27.el6 will be updated
---> Package openssl.x86_64 0:1.0.0-27.el6_4.2 will be an update
---> Package selinux-policy.noarch 0:3.7.19-195.el6 will be updated
---> Package selinux-policy.noarch 0:3.7.19-195.el6_4.3 will be an update
---> Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.7.19-195.el6 will be updated
---> Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.7.19-195.el6_4.3 will be an update
---> Package tzdata.noarch 0:2012j-1.el6 will be updated
---> Package tzdata.noarch 0:2012j-2.el6 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

==============================================================================================================
 Package                            Arch              Version                        Repository          Size
==============================================================================================================
Installing:
 kernel                             x86_64            2.6.32-358.2.1.el6             updates             26 M
Updating:
 dbus-glib                          x86_64            0.86-6.el6                     updates            170 k
 kernel-firmware                    noarch            2.6.32-358.2.1.el6             updates             11 M
 libxml2                            x86_64            2.7.6-12.el6_4.1               updates            799 k
 mysql-libs                         x86_64            5.1.67-1.el6_3                 updates            1.2 M
 openldap                           x86_64            2.4.23-32.el6_4                updates            265 k
 openssl                            x86_64            1.0.0-27.el6_4.2               updates            1.4 M
 selinux-policy                     noarch            3.7.19-195.el6_4.3             updates            1.8 M
 selinux-policy-targeted            noarch            3.7.19-195.el6_4.3             updates            2.8 M
 tzdata                             noarch            2012j-2.el6                    updates            453 k

Transaction Summary
==============================================================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)
Upgrade       9 Package(s)

Total download size: 46 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/10): dbus-glib-0.86-6.el6.x86_64.rpm                                                | 170 kB     00:01
(2/10): kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm                                           |  26 MB     04:11
(3/10): kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm                                  |  11 MB     01:45
(4/10): libxml2-2.7.6-12.el6_4.1.x86_64.rpm                                            | 799 kB     00:06
(5/10): mysql-libs-5.1.67-1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm                                           | 1.2 MB     00:11
(6/10): openldap-2.4.23-32.el6_4.x86_64.rpm                                            | 265 kB     00:05
(7/10): openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.2.x86_64.rpm                                            | 1.4 MB     00:12
(8/10): selinux-policy-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch.rpm                                   | 1.8 MB     00:17
(9/10): selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch.rpm                          | 2.8 MB     00:27
(10/10): tzdata-2012j-2.el6.noarch.rpm                                                 | 453 kB     00:07
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                         105 kB/s |  46 MB     07:27
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID c105b9de: NOKEY
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
Importing GPG key 0xC105B9DE:
 Userid : CentOS-6 Key (CentOS 6 Official Signing Key) 
 Package: centos-release-6-4.el6.centos.10.x86_64 (@anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64/6.4)
 From   : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Updating   : openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.2.x86_64                                                           1/19
  Updating   : selinux-policy-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch                                                  2/19
  Updating   : kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.noarch                                                 3/19
  Installing : kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64                                                          4/19
  Updating   : selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch                                         5/19
  Updating   : mysql-libs-5.1.67-1.el6_3.x86_64                                                          6/19
  Updating   : openldap-2.4.23-32.el6_4.x86_64                                                           7/19
  Updating   : tzdata-2012j-2.el6.noarch                                                                 8/19
  Updating   : dbus-glib-0.86-6.el6.x86_64                                                               9/19
  Updating   : libxml2-2.7.6-12.el6_4.1.x86_64                                                          10/19
  Cleanup    : selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-195.el6.noarch                                            11/19
  Cleanup    : selinux-policy-3.7.19-195.el6.noarch                                                     12/19
  Cleanup    : tzdata-2012j-1.el6.noarch                                                                13/19
  Cleanup    : kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.el6.noarch                                                    14/19
  Cleanup    : mysql-libs-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64                                                         15/19
  Cleanup    : openssl-1.0.0-27.el6.x86_64                                                              16/19
  Cleanup    : openldap-2.4.23-31.el6.x86_64                                                            17/19
  Cleanup    : dbus-glib-0.86-5.el6.x86_64                                                              18/19
  Cleanup    : libxml2-2.7.6-8.el6_3.4.x86_64                                                           19/19
  Verifying  : libxml2-2.7.6-12.el6_4.1.x86_64                                                           1/19
  Verifying  : kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.noarch                                                 2/19
  Verifying  : dbus-glib-0.86-6.el6.x86_64                                                               3/19
  Verifying  : selinux-policy-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch                                                  4/19
  Verifying  : tzdata-2012j-2.el6.noarch                                                                 5/19
  Verifying  : mysql-libs-5.1.67-1.el6_3.x86_64                                                          6/19
  Verifying  : openssl-1.0.0-27.el6_4.2.x86_64                                                           7/19
  Verifying  : kernel-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64                                                          8/19
  Verifying  : openldap-2.4.23-32.el6_4.x86_64                                                           9/19
  Verifying  : selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-195.el6_4.3.noarch                                        10/19
  Verifying  : tzdata-2012j-1.el6.noarch                                                                11/19
  Verifying  : kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.el6.noarch                                                    12/19
  Verifying  : selinux-policy-3.7.19-195.el6.noarch                                                     13/19
  Verifying  : openssl-1.0.0-27.el6.x86_64                                                              14/19
  Verifying  : selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19-195.el6.noarch                                            15/19
  Verifying  : mysql-libs-5.1.66-2.el6_3.x86_64                                                         16/19
  Verifying  : libxml2-2.7.6-8.el6_3.4.x86_64                                                           17/19
  Verifying  : openldap-2.4.23-31.el6.x86_64                                                            18/19
  Verifying  : dbus-glib-0.86-5.el6.x86_64                                                              19/19

Installed:
  kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.32-358.2.1.el6

Updated:
  dbus-glib.x86_64 0:0.86-6.el6                     kernel-firmware.noarch 0:2.6.32-358.2.1.el6
  libxml2.x86_64 0:2.7.6-12.el6_4.1                 mysql-libs.x86_64 0:5.1.67-1.el6_3
  openldap.x86_64 0:2.4.23-32.el6_4                 openssl.x86_64 0:1.0.0-27.el6_4.2
  selinux-policy.noarch 0:3.7.19-195.el6_4.3        selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.7.19-195.el6_4.3
  tzdata.noarch 0:2012j-2.el6

Complete!

December 20, 2012

How to Upgrade from CentOS 6.2 to CentOS 6.3

CentOS 6.3 had released on 2012-07-09 with the kernel version 2.6.32-279. CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by our Upstream OS Provider (UOP).
For version CentOS-4.x and CentOS-5.x, it is recommend to reinstall rather than attempt an inplace upgrade from CentOS-4 or CentOS-5 to CentOS 6.3. Direct upgrade from CentOS 6.x to CentOS-6.3 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures is highly recommendeded. The ‘yum update’ should move your machine seamlessly from any previous CentOS-6.x release to CentOS-6.3, unless you have edited your yum configs. Follow this steps to upgrade the CentOS-6.x to CentOS6.3

Check older version :

[root@host1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.2 (Final)

or

[root@host1 ~]# cat /etc/issue
CentOS release 6.2 (Final)
Kernel \r on an \m

Official way to do upgrade:

[root@host1 ~]# yum clean all
[root@host1 ~]# yum update -y
[root@host1 ~]# reboot

Check latest version :

[root@host1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.3 (Final)

[root@host1 ~]# cat /etc/issue
CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
Kernel \r on an \m

September 10, 2012

How to Install yum-priorities on CentOS 6.3

The priorities plugin can be used to enforce ordered protection of repositories, by associating priorities to repositories. Theoretically, the repositories with the lowest numerical priority number have the highest priority. This is one of the method to prevents mistakes such as accidentally running yum upgrade with everything. This post cover the quick step to install yum-priorities on CentOS 6.3.

[root@centos63 ~]# yum install yum-priorities -y

Examples :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum install yum-priorities -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.ipserverone.com
 * extras: centos.ipserverone.com
 * updates: centos.ipserverone.com
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package yum-plugin-priorities.noarch 0:1.1.30-14.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

====================================================================================================
 Package                          Arch              Version                   Repository       Size
====================================================================================================
Installing:
 yum-plugin-priorities            noarch            1.1.30-14.el6             base             22 k

Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)

Total download size: 22 k
Installed size: 28 k
Downloading Packages:
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
Processing delta metadata
Package(s) data still to download: 22 k
yum-plugin-priorities-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch.rpm                               |  22 kB     00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing : yum-plugin-priorities-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch                                       1/1
  Verifying  : yum-plugin-priorities-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch                                       1/1

Installed:
  yum-plugin-priorities.noarch 0:1.1.30-14.el6

Complete!

August 13, 2012

How to Add Webtatic Repository on CentOS 6.3

This post covers the steps on how to setup additional yum repository using Webtatic. Webtatic yum repository is a repository containing updated web-related packages for CentOS and Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Webtatic goals are to provide CentOS/RHEL administrators with the latest stable minor releases of web development/hosting software, which are not provided in CentOS/RHEL distribution minor releases. It’s also serve as an additional installation option for some of Webtatic’s projects.

RHEL 6/ CentOS 6 for i386
RHEL 6/ CentOS 6 for x86_64

1.Download the webtatic-release package :

[root@centos63 ~]# wget http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/el6/i386/webtatic-release-6-2.noarch.rpm

Example :

[root@centos63 ~]# wget http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/el6/i386/webtatic-release-6-2.noarch.rpm
--2012-08-13 23:42:08--  http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/el6/i386/webtatic-release-6-2.noarch.rpm
Resolving repo.webtatic.com... 184.22.117.192
Connecting to repo.webtatic.com|184.22.117.192|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11576 (11K) [application/x-redhat-package-manager]
Saving to: âwebtatic-release-6-2.noarch.rpmâ

100%[==========================================================>] 11,576      15.7K/s   in 0.7s

2012-08-13 23:42:10 (15.7 KB/s) - âwebtatic-release-6-2.noarch.rpmâ

2. Download or directly import webtatic-andy GPG key :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm --import http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/RPM-GPG-KEY-webtatic-andy

3. Do verification on the webtatic-release package that you have downloaded :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm -K webtatic-release-6-2.noarch.rpm
webtatic-release-6-2.noarch.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK

4. Install Webtatic Repository :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm -Uvh webtatic-release-6-2.noarch.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:webtatic-release       ########################################### [100%]

5. How you can use Webtatic repository to install, update the packages :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum --enablerepo=webtatic install [rpm package]

Examples :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum --enablerepo=webtatic install postfix -y

August 10, 2012

How to Add Remi Yum Repository on CentOS 6.3

This post cover the steps to install remi repository on linux CentOS 6.3 server. There are several 3rd party repositories for CentOS 6 server. One of the popular one is remi repository. The Remi repository is a repository containing updated PHP and MySQL packages and is maintained by Remi.

1. Import the RPM-GPG-KEY key and

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm --import http://rpms.famillecollet.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi

2. Download remi rpm package :

[root@centos63 ~]# wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm

Examples :

[root@centos63 ~]# wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
--2012-08-10 00:04:32--  http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
Resolving rpms.famillecollet.com... 88.191.74.232, 2a01:e0b:1:74:2e0:f4ff:fe1b:b827
Connecting to rpms.famillecollet.com|88.191.74.232|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 5292 (5.2K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: âremi-release-6.rpmâ

100%[==========================================================>] 5,292       --.-K/s   in 0.02s

2012-08-10 00:04:33 (280 KB/s) - âremi-release-6.rpmâ

3. Install remi rpm package :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm -ivh remi-release-6.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:remi-release           ########################################### [100%]

4. Start install using Yum :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum install --enablerepo=remi httpd

July 28, 2012

How to Configure EPEL Repository on CentOS 6.3

This post will covers on how to install and configure the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository on CentOS 6.3. EPEL repository is another extra repository that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS server. To install the repository, you can follow this steps :

1. First, we download and import the GPG keys for EPEL software packages:

[root@centos63 ~]# wget http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
[root@centos63 ~]# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
[root@centos63 ~]# rm -f RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6

2. Download EPEL repository for 32-bit CentOS :

[root@centos63 ~]# wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

3. Install EPEL repository on 32-bit CentOS :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:epel-release           ########################################### [100%]

4. You can start install and use epel the repository to install the software packages, input yum command like follows :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum --enablerepo=epel install phpmyadmin -y

July 26, 2012

How to Configure RPMforge Repository on CentOS 6.3

RPMforge repository is a collaboration of Dag, Dries, and other packagers. The default RPMforge repository does not replace any CentOS base packages. This post covers the steps to configure RPMforge repository on linux CentOS 6.3. This steps has been tested on CentOS 6.3 and should be working on Redhat linux Enterprise 6.

1. Download the rpmforge-release package and DAG’s GPG key :

[root@centos63 ~]# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm
[root@centos63 ~]# wget wget http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

2. Install DAG’s GPG key :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

3. Verify the rpmforge-release package that you have downloaded :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm
rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK

4. If ok, proceed to install the rpmforge-release package using this command :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:rpmforge-release       ########################################### [100%]

5. Proceed to configure RPMforge repository. Open the RPMforge configuration file and insert “priority=3” after “enabled = 1” in the [rpmforge] section as below :

[root@centos63 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

### Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for RHEL 6 - dag
### URL: http://rpmforge.net/
[rpmforge]
name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/$basearch/rpmforge
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 1
priority = 3
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

[rpmforge-extras]
name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - extras
baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/$basearch/extras
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/mirrors-rpmforge-extras
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge-extras
enabled = 0
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

[rpmforge-testing]
name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - testing
baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/$basearch/testing
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/mirrors-rpmforge-testing
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge-testing
enabled = 0
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

6. Check the updated repository list in /etc/yum.repos.d using the following command :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirrors.hostemo.com
 * extras: mirrors.hostemo.com
 * rpmforge: mirror.oscc.org.my
 * updates: mirrors.hostemo.com
repo id                                    repo name                                          status
CentOS6.3-Repository                       DVD-CentOS6.3 repository                           4,776
base                                       CentOS-6 - Base                                    4,776
extras                                     CentOS-6 - Extras                                      4
rpmforge                                   RHEL 6 - RPMforge.net - dag                        4,448
updates                                    CentOS-6 - Updates                                   202
repolist: 14,206

7. You can start using RPMforge Repository on your RHEL 6 or CentOS 6 linux server :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum install clamd -y

July 17, 2012

How to Setup and Configure Yum Repository from CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image on CentOS 6.3

This post will covers the basic steps to configure and setup local yum repository from DVD/CDROM on linux CentOS 6.3. By using, local yum repository, you can perform install and update the RPM packages easily even though the CentOS server running behind proxy or does not have internet connection.

1. Insert DVD/ISO into DVD-Drive.
2. Mount the ISO from the DVD-ROM into /mnt directory :

[root@centos63 ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

3. Create centos63.repo text file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ with the following content. Please create something as follow:

[root@centos63 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/centos63.repo

[CentOS6.3-Repository]
name=DVD-CentOS6.3 repository
baseurl=file:///mnt
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

4. Finish. You can start install, remove and update using yum command :
Example :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum install perl -y

June 4, 2012

How to Install and Configure RPMforge Repository on CentOS 5.8

RPMforge repository is a collaboration of Dag, Dries, and other packagers. In this post i will show on how to install and configure RPMforge repository on linux CentOS 5.8 server. This steps has been tested on CentOS 5.8 and may working on CentOS 6.x as well.

1. Download the rpmforge-release package

[root@centos58 ~]# wget http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
--2012-05-15 06:21:51--  http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
Resolving apt.sw.be... 193.1.193.67
Connecting to apt.sw.be|193.1.193.67|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1672 (1.6K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt'

100%[==========================================================>] 1,672       --.-K/s   in 0s

2012-05-15 06:21:53 (46.0 MB/s) - `RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt' saved [1672/1672]

2. Import the RPMforge GPG key :

[root@centos58 ~]# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

3. Download rpmforge-release :

[root@centos58 ~]# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm

Example :

[root@centos58 ~]# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
--2012-05-15 06:23:18--  http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
Resolving pkgs.repoforge.org... 78.46.17.228
Connecting to pkgs.repoforge.org|78.46.17.228|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://rpmforge.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm [following]
--2012-05-15 06:23:19--  http://rpmforge.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
Resolving rpmforge.sw.be... 78.46.17.228
Connecting to rpmforge.sw.be|78.46.17.228|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://tree.repoforge.org/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm [following]
--2012-05-15 06:23:20--  http://tree.repoforge.org/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
Resolving tree.repoforge.org... 78.46.17.228
Connecting to tree.repoforge.org|78.46.17.228|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm [following]
--2012-05-15 06:23:21--  http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
Resolving apt.sw.be... 193.1.193.67
Connecting to apt.sw.be|193.1.193.67|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 12680 (12K) [application/x-redhat-package-manager]
Saving to: `rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm'

100%[==========================================================>] 12,680      12.6K/s   in 1.0s

2012-05-15 06:23:23 (12.6 KB/s) - `rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm' saved [12680/12680]

4. Verify the rpmforge-release package you have downloaded :

[root@centos58 ~]# rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK

5. Install the rpmforge-release package using this command :

[root@centos58 ~]# rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:rpmforge-release       ########################################### [100%]

6. You can start using RPMforge Repository to install, remove and update the package as below :

[root@centos58 ~]# yum install package-name -y
[root@centos58 ~]# yum remove package-name -y
[root@centos58 ~]# yum update package-name -y

Resources :
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge