Thanks a ot john,
i installed yumex and it works perfect.
after installing yumex centos package manager is also working.
still confused how to add dvd as repo
i found the CentOS-Media.repo can you just tell me how to add centos
dvd which is in E: drive to this file.
Thanks a lot . and your are rite abt suse . i hope i never have to go back.
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 2:46 AM, John <jses27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 00:45 -0700, hamood Iqbal wrote:
> > Hi i just swicthed from opensuse and having some issues that were not
> > present in suse.
> >
> > 1. add/remove software (package management)does not work. Opensuse
> > flawless working.
> Try this....yum install yumex < -----Package Manager Interface for yum.
>
>
> >
> > 2. how to add dvd as repository. in suse it was automatic.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # CentOS-Media.repo <<<--------------Look for this file
> in /etc/yum.repos.d/
> #
> # This repo is used to mount the default locations for a CDROM / DVD on
> # CentOS-5. You can use this repo and yum to install items directly
> off the
> # DVD ISO that we release.
> #
> # To use this repo, put in your DVD and use it with the other repos too:
> <---Pay attention to this...
> # yum --enablerepo=c4-media [command]
> #
> # or for ONLY the media repo, do this:
> #
> # yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c4-media [command]
>
> [c5-media]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Media
> ### baseurl=file:///RHEL5-Repo/ #### Edited Config for a repo on hard
> disk at the root { / }
> file:///media/cdrom/
> file:///media/cdrecorder/
> gpgcheck=1
> enabled=0 <-----enabled or disabled here. to enable change 0 to 1
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-beta
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > i choose centos b/c it has the longest upgrade cycle.
> about 8 years....
>
> >
> > i am using centos 5.1 on vmware server
> >
> >
> > but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.
>
> should be pretty easy to get it going now you have the relevent
> infomation to to get up and going.
> I hate Suse! M$ supports them.
> > Thanks
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