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 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- > ~/john > > OpenPGP Sig:BA91F079 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >