Ah, I forgot to mention about EPEL. Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository. You can use this repo to get software which are not usually available to RHEL but only to Fedora. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#howtouse
Cheers, Imtiaz On 11/3/07, Imtiaz Rahi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > RPMforge maintains several repositories for different distributions. > Visit http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B and add add the RPM repository > you are looking for. > > Also, CentOS repositories should be compatible. As they are based on RHEL > sources. > But they compile the sources, thats creates a question of binary > compatibility. > As far as I know, CentOS claims to RHEL binary compatible (means CentOS4 > binaries are compatible with RHEL4, CentOS5 with RHEL5 and so forth). And to > maintain that they don't modify any sources directly. > So, you can also use CentOS repositories to install new applications. > > Cheers, > Imtiaz > > > On 11/2/07, gul mehdi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > imtiaz vai, > > > > > > /etc/yum.repos.d > > this yum.repos.d folder is blank. there is nothing on it.. > > > > "Still, you can add 3rd > > party repos like rpmforge with it."----you told me to do that... > > > > please tell me...how ?? > > > > Imtiaz Rahi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: Check the repo files in > > /etc/yum.repos.d/ and mark repositories enabled. > > then do "yum check-update". > > This is the general rule for YUM repos. > > > > But by default, RHEL should not come up with any RHEL update repo as you > > can > > only have this if you have bought RHEL subscription. Still, you can add > > 3rd > > party repos like rpmforge with it. > > > > Cheers, > > Imtiaz > > > > On 10/27/07, Kazi Mohammad Guljar Hossain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > i've successfully installed yum in RHEL-4 in i386 arch. > > > Now, when i'm goin to apply command : yum update yum ,, > > > or > > > > > > yum install pkg_name ............then..this happens....... > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# yum update yum > > > Setting up Update Process > > > Setting up repositories > > > No Repositories Available to Set Up > > > Reading repository metadata in from local files > > > Could not find update match for yum > > > No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion > > > > > > > > > please tell me any linux user..what'll i do .? tell me d > > > soln clearly.... > > > how to setting up the repositories..& how.......... > > > > > > Note: i've installed........... > > > > > > yum-2.4.2-0.4.el4.rf.noarch.rpm > > > > > > depn : python-elementtree-1.2.6-7.el4.rf.i386.rpm > > > python-sqlite-1.0.1-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm > > > sqlite-2.8.16-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
