On 01/25/2014 10:30 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> On 25/01/14 21:12, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote:
>
>> On 01/25/2014 10:08 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>>> On 24/11/13 00:09, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 24.11.2013 00:57, schrieb Phil Dobbin:
>>>>> I'm trying to install the EPEL repo on a fully up to date CentOS 6.4.
>>>>> I'm using wget to download from my usual source but after I install it
>>>>> via `sudo rpm -ivh epel-xxxxx` it's not actually there in
>>>>> `/etc/yum.repos.d`.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trying to install it again, Yum just tells me it's already installed.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've no idea where it is installed if it is (which I don't think it is)
>>>>> so I'm stumped.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help appreciated
>>>>
>>>> thats why "rpm -q --filesbypkg <packagename>" exists
>>>
>>>
>>> Returning to this thread after a considerable break (I'm sorry, I've
>>> really been quite unwell) here is the output of 'rpm -q --filesbypkg
>>> epel-release' & the directory listing itself:
>>>
>>> '$ rpm -q --filesbypkg epel-release
>>> epel-release /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
>>> epel-release /etc/rpm/macros.ghc-srpm
>>> epel-release /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo
>>> epel-release /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
>>> epel-release /usr/share/doc/epel-release-6
>>> epel-release /usr/share/doc/epel-release-6/GPL
>>> [Sat Jan 25 20:45:24 phil@localhost:~ ] $ cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
>>> [Sat Jan 25 20:45:43 phil@localhost:/etc/yum.repos.d ] $ l
>>> ./ CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-Media.repo mirrors-rpmforge
>>> mirrors-rpmforge-testing
>>> ../ CentOS-Debuginfo.repo CentOS-Vault.repo mirrors-rpmforge-extras
>>> rpmforge.repo'
>>>
>>> It's the same deal with 'yum list epel-*' That also reckons it's installed.
>>>
>>> I'm flummoxed as to how to proceed.
>>
>> try yum reinstall
>
> The problem with that is that it wasn't installed by yum in the first
> place. I used wget to grab it.
>
> Or am I misunderstanding you...
>
If yum was not used then use "rpm -e epel-release" do deinstall it and
"yum install epel-release.xxxxx.rpm" to install from rpm file (run if
from directory rpm files is in).
And try using "--force" option in rpm to make it happen.
--
Ljubomir Ljubojevic
(Love is in the Air)
PL Computers
Serbia, Europe
StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant
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