[CentOS] Centos issues

[John]

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 at gmail.com> 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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