I just installed CentOS 4.1 for the first time - I did a "minimal install"... Now I'm trying to install Xen - according to several online resources I should just be able to run `yum install xen`, but yum never finds the package - though tcpdump shows http traffic going to lists.centos.org:
[root@centos ~]# yum install xen Setting up Install Process Setting up Repos update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files update : ################################################## 178/178 base : ################################################## 1406/1406 extras : ################################################## 33/33 Parsing package install arguments No Match for argument: xen Nothing to do
[root@centos ~]# yum search xen Searching Packages: Setting up Repos update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files update : ################################################## 178/178 base : ################################################## 1406/1406 extras : ################################################## 33/33 No Matches found
Has the xen package been removed from the yum servers? Could somebody tell me where I can find it?
Thanks! Kent Watsen
Kent Watsen wrote:
I just installed CentOS 4.1 for the first time - I did a "minimal install"... Now I'm trying to install Xen - according to several online resources I should just be able to run `yum install xen`, but yum never
Can you point out one of these resources ?
Has the xen package been removed from the yum servers? Could somebody tell me where I can find it?
Xen has never been a part of CentOS
( http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Xen+on+CentOS - there should be enough info in the first few results to get you going. )
- K
On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 10:46 -0700, Kent Watsen wrote:
I just installed CentOS 4.1 for the first time - I did a "minimal install"... Now I'm trying to install Xen - according to several online resources I should just be able to run `yum install xen`, but yum never finds the package - though tcpdump shows http traffic going to lists.centos.org:
Which badly-mistaken online resources would those be? CentOS 4 doesn't have Xen.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 10:46 -0700, Kent Watsen wrote:
I just installed CentOS 4.1 for the first time - I did a "minimal install"... Now I'm trying to install Xen - according to several online resources I should just be able to run `yum install xen`, but yum never finds the package - though tcpdump shows http traffic going to lists.centos.org:
Which badly-mistaken online resources would those be? CentOS 4 doesn't have Xen.
My starting reference was http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/DistributionSupport, which suggests following the same installation procedure as for Fedora, but extended searches revealed other successes:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2005-September/011447.html http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2005-05/msg00599.html http://mark.foster.cc/wiki/index.php/Centos-4_on_Xen
Should I try the RPM from a certain upstream distribution provider? How do I know which version I should grab?
Thanks! Kent
On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 11:05 -0700, Kent Watsen wrote:
Should I try the RPM from a certain upstream distribution provider? How do I know which version I should grab?
The best thing to do is probably to grab the xen and kernel SRPMs from Fedora Core 4 and rebuild them under CentOS 4.
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/SRPMS/xen-... http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/SRPMS/kern...