On 6/1/2012 4:34 AM, Jane Wayne wrote: > i have downloaded the CentOS distribution that comes with Xen Cloud > Platform (XCP) at http://www.xen.org/download/xcp/index.html. i am > trying to install the parted utility. > > yum install parted > > however, i get the following message. > > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > Setting up Install Process > No package parted available. > Nothing to do > > any ideas on what's going on? > > i have the following files: > > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Media.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/Citrix.repo > > the CentOS-Base.repo has the following. > > [base] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Base > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os > #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 > exclude=kernel-xen*, *xen* > enabled=0 > > #released updates > [updates] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates > #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 > exclude=kernel-xen*, *xen* > enabled=0 > > #packages used/produced in the build but not released > [addons] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons > #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 > enabled=0 > > #additional packages that may be useful > [extras] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras > #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 > enabled=0 > > #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages > [centosplus] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus > #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > enabled=0 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 > > #contrib - packages by Centos Users > [contrib] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib > mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib > #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/ > gpgcheck=1 > enabled=0 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 > > the CentOS-Media.repo has the following. > > [c5-media] > name=CentOS-$releasever - Media > baseurl=file:///media/CentOS/ > file:///media/cdrom/ > file:///media/cdrecorder/ > gpgcheck=1 > enabled=0 > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 > > the Citrix.repo has the following. > > [citrix] > name=XCP 1.4.90 updates > mirrorlist=http://updates.vmd.citrix.com/XCP/1.4.90/domain0/mirrorlist > #baseurl=http://updates.vmd.citrix.com/XCP/1.4.90/domain0/ > gpgcheck=1 > gpgkey=http://updates.vmd.citrix.com/XCP/RPM-GPG-KEY-1.4.90 > enabled=0 > When I do a search on the centos base repos this is what I get. [root@main ~]# yum search parted Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile epel/metalink | 12 kB 00:00 * base: ftp.linux.ncsu.edu * epel: mirror.hiwaay.net * extras: mirror.cs.vt.edu * rpmforge: mirror.us.leaseweb.net * updates: centos.digitalcompass.net base | 3.7 kB 00:00 extras | 3.5 kB 00:00 rpmforge | 1.9 kB 00:00 updates | 3.5 kB 00:00 ============================= N/S Matched: parted ============================== pyparted.x86_64 : Python module for GNU parted parted.i686 : The GNU disk partition manipulation program parted.x86_64 : The GNU disk partition manipulation program parted-devel.i686 : Files for developing apps which will manipulate disk : partitions parted-devel.x86_64 : Files for developing apps which will manipulate disk : partitions Name and summary matches only, use "search all" for everything. [root@main ~]# _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos