{"id":3111,"date":"2012-06-04T22:38:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:49:15","slug":"how-to-install-and-configure-rpmforge-repository-on-centos-5-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/how-to-install-and-configure-rpmforge-repository-on-centos-5-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install and Configure RPMforge Repository on CentOS 5.8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

1. Download the rpmforge-release package<\/p>\n

\n[root@centos58 ~]# wget http:\/\/apt.sw.be\/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt\n--2012-05-15 06:21:51--  http:\/\/apt.sw.be\/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt\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: 1672 (1.6K) [text\/plain]\nSaving to: `RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt'\n\n100%[==========================================================>] 1,672       --.-K\/s   in 0s\n\n2012-05-15 06:21:53 (46.0 MB\/s) - `RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt' saved [1672\/1672]\n<\/pre>\n
2. Import the RPMforge GPG key :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos58 ~]# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt\n<\/pre>\n
3. Download rpmforge-release :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos58 ~]# wget http:\/\/pkgs.repoforge.org\/rpmforge-release\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\n<\/pre>\n
Example :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos58 ~]# wget http:\/\/pkgs.repoforge.org\/rpmforge-release\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\n--2012-05-15 06:23:18--  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--2012-05-15 06:23:19--  http:\/\/rpmforge.sw.be\/redhat\/el5\/en\/i386\/rpmforge\/RPMS\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\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--2012-05-15 06:23:20--  http:\/\/tree.repoforge.org\/redhat\/el5\/en\/i386\/rpmforge\/RPMS\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\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--2012-05-15 06:23:21--  http:\/\/apt.sw.be\/redhat\/el5\/en\/i386\/rpmforge\/RPMS\/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\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      12.6K\/s   in 1.0s\n\n2012-05-15 06:23:23 (12.6 KB\/s) - `rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm' saved [12680\/12680]\n\n<\/pre>\n
4. Verify the rpmforge-release package you have downloaded :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos58 ~]# 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
5. Install the rpmforge-release package using this command :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos58 ~]# rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm\nPreparing...                ########################################### [100%]\n   1:rpmforge-release       ########################################### [100%]\n<\/pre>\n
6. You can start using RPMforge Repository to install, remove and update the package as below :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos58 ~]# yum install package-name -y\n[root@centos58 ~]# yum remove package-name -y\n[root@centos58 ~]# yum update package-name -y\n<\/pre>\n
Resources :
\nhttp:\/\/wiki.centos.org\/AdditionalResources\/Repositories\/RPMForge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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