[CentOS] How should I reinstall CentOS?
Michael Hennebry
hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu
Tue Oct 29 23:49:42 UTC 2013
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Michael Hennebry
> <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> 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 at 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 at 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 at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
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whom I teach not to run with scissors,
that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword." -- Lily
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