Example for adding a repository with zypper: `zypper addrepo --refresh nfs://192.168.0.1/nfs/sles11sp1/dvd1SLES11SP1DVD1`
Example for removing a repository: `zypper removerepo nfs://192.168.0.1/nfs/sles11sp1/dvd1` On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Michael MacIsaac <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi list, > > I haven't used "repos", zypper, yum, etc. too much so please bear with me > if these are basic questions. > > I'm trying to install a software package onto a SLES 11 virtual machine. > One option is a tar file, but this software also has a "repository" > compatible with yum and zypper on the Internet. So it would be simple to > do a "zypper install <package>". > > However, that package wants to pull in other RPMs that I believe are > included with SLES 11. Because I have not added the base SLES 11 as a > repository, zypper cannot find them. So I'd like to do the Add Repository > command "zypper ar <SLES11>". But the SLES ISOs don't seem to have a > prebuilt repository. So I'd like to do a "createrepo <SLES11>". But I > can't seem to find createrepo in SLES 11. > > So, two questions: > 1) How do I create a repo for SLES 11? (it would be nice if I could just > create it on the NFS server and export that to all Linuxes) > 2) Could I also be using "yum" instead of "zypper" so that I could use the > same tool that RHEL uses? > > Thanks. > > "Mike MacIsaac" <[email protected]> (845) 433-7061 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
