Installing CentOS packages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Are you registered to the Red Hat Network (RHN)?
If not, you will see messages like this when trying to use the “yum” package installer.
[root@localhost ~]# yum install pidgin
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
No package pidgin available.
Nothing to do
Don’t panic, you might be able to use CentOS packages
First you need to add the CentOS repository, create this file using your favorite text editor:
[root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo
Adding the following contents, note the ’5′ has to be hardcoded to either 5 or 6 depending on your RHEL version.
[centos]
name=CentOS $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/centos/5/os/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
Once you’ve completed this step, you can now use “yum” to install CentOS packages.
Installing a package from CentOS
[root@localhost ~]# yum install pidgin
It shall give RHN error, but it shall install it from CentOS repository.
Are you registered to the Red Hat Network (RHN)?
If not, you will see messages like this when trying to use the “yum” package installer.
[root@localhost ~]# yum install pidgin
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
No package pidgin available.
Nothing to do
Don’t panic, you might be able to use CentOS packages
First you need to add the CentOS repository, create this file using your favorite text editor:
[root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo
Adding the following contents, note the ’5′ has to be hardcoded to either 5 or 6 depending on your RHEL version.
[centos]
name=CentOS $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/centos/5/os/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
Once you’ve completed this step, you can now use “yum” to install CentOS packages.
Installing a package from CentOS
[root@localhost ~]# yum install pidgin
It shall give RHN error, but it shall install it from CentOS repository.