On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 04:28 -0700, hamood Iqbal wrote:
> 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
>
You will most likely have to enable the the repo. See my previous post
to you.
Should be file://media / in the repo to install from the dvd. You will
have to edit it.
> 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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