Re: How should I reinstall CentOS?

[Michael Hennebry <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Michael Hennebry
> <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>
>>> Most repositories will have a 'name-release.rpm' where name is the
>>> name of the repository.   This will install the entry under
>>> /etc/yum/repos.d and set up the gpg key for the rpms.  If you have a
>>
>> These, for example:
>> [hennebry@localhost rpms]$ ls
>> atrpms-repo-6-6.el6.i686.rpm  rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm
>> epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
>> [hennebry@localhost rpms]$
>> ?
>
> Yes you can use a local copy of the rpm and either 'rpm -Uhv' it or
> 'yum localinstall' it.
> or:

I should have been more clear:
Are the above .rpm's repository install rpm's?

I was hoping someone could tell me for sure.

>>> URL to the repo release rpm, yum can install for you  with:
>>> yum install URL
>
> If you have the http URL that you used to download the rpm manually,
> you can just 'yum install URL".  Older versions of yum could not do
> that so the documentation may not mention the simple approach.

I do not.
I started at the base urls given in .repo files and
started looking for files that had the right names.

-- 
Michael   hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"On Monday, I'm gonna have to tell my kindergarten class,
whom I teach not to run with scissors,
that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword."  --  Lily
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