{"id":2226,"date":"2012-03-12T19:53:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T11:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:49:41","slug":"how-to-add-the-rpmforge-repository-on-centos-5rhel-5-linux-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/how-to-add-the-rpmforge-repository-on-centos-5rhel-5-linux-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add the RPMforge Repository on CentOS 5\/RHEL 5 Linux Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post i will show on how to add the RPMforge repository into CentOS 5 and Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) and also applicable on CentOS 5.1,CentOS 5.2,CentOS 5.3,CentOS 5.4,CentOS 5.5 and CentOS 5.6. RPMforge repository is a collaboration of Dag, Dries, and other packagers. This steps has been tested on CentOS 5.7 and should be working on RHEL 5.<\/p>\n

RHEL 5 and CentOS 5 x86 32bit<\/a>
\nRHEL 5 and CentOS 5 x86 64bit<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Import the RPMforge GPG key :<\/p>\n

\n[root@CentOS57 ~]# rpm --import http:\/\/apt.sw.be\/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt\n<\/pre\n\n2. Download the rpmforge-release package :\n
\n[root@CentOS57 ~]# wget http:\/\/pkgs.repoforge.org\/rpmforge-release\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\n<\/pre>\n
\n[root@CentOS57 ~]# wget http:\/\/pkgs.repoforge.org\/rpmforge-release\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\n--2012-03-13 03:36:08--  http:\/\/pkgs.repoforge.org\/rpmforge-release\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\nResolving pkgs.repoforge.org... 78.46.17.228\nConnecting to pkgs.repoforge.org|78.46.17.228|:80... connected.\nHTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found\nLocation: http:\/\/rpmforge.sw.be\/redhat\/el5\/en\/i386\/rpmforge\/RPMS\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm [following]\n--2012-03-13 03:36:09--  http:\/\/rpmforge.sw.be\/redhat\/el5\/en\/i386\/rpmforge\/RPMS\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\nResolving rpmforge.sw.be... 78.46.17.228\nConnecting to rpmforge.sw.be|78.46.17.228|:80... connected.\nHTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently\nLocation: http:\/\/tree.repoforge.org\/redhat\/el5\/en\/i386\/rpmforge\/RPMS\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm [following]\n--2012-03-13 03:36:10--  http:\/\/tree.repoforge.org\/redhat\/el5\/en\/i386\/rpmforge\/RPMS\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\nResolving tree.repoforge.org... 78.46.17.228\nConnecting to tree.repoforge.org|78.46.17.228|:80... connected.\nHTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently\nLocation: http:\/\/apt.sw.be\/redhat\/el5\/en\/i386\/rpmforge\/RPMS\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm [following]\n--2012-03-13 03:36:10--  http:\/\/apt.sw.be\/redhat\/el5\/en\/i386\/rpmforge\/RPMS\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\nResolving apt.sw.be... 193.1.193.67\nConnecting to apt.sw.be|193.1.193.67|:80... connected.\nHTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK\nLength: 12680 (12K) [application\/x-redhat-package-manager]\nSaving to: `rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm'\n\n100%[==========================================================>] 12,680      23.3K\/s   in 0.5s\n\n2012-03-13 03:36:13 (23.3 KB\/s) - `rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm' saved [12680\/12680]\n<\/pre>\n
3. Verify the rpmforge-release package you have downloaded :<\/p>\n
\n[root@CentOS57 ~]# rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\nrpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK\n<\/pre>\n
4. Install the rpmforge-release package using this command :<\/p>\n
\n[root@CentOS57 ~]# rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\nPreparing...                ########################################### [100%]\n   1:rpmforge-release       ########################################### [100%]\n<\/pre>\n
5. You can start using RPMforge Repository to install, remove and update the package as below :<\/p>\n
\n[root@CentOS57 ~]# yum install package-name -y\n[root@CentOS57 ~]#  yum remove package-name -y\n[root@CentOS57 ~]#  yum update package-name -y\n<\/pre>\n
Resources :
\nRPMforge CentOS Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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