[CentOS] problems installing parted tool

Fri Jun 1 14:40:19 UTC 2012
Shiv. NK <prabhpal at digital-infotech.net>

> On 6/1/2012 4:34 AM, Jane Wayne wrote:
>> i have downloaded the CentOS distribution that comes with Xen Cloud
>> Platform (XCP) at http://www.xen.org/download/xcp/index.html. i am
>> trying to install the parted utility.
>>
>> yum install parted
>>
>> however, i get the following message.
>>
>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>> Setting up Install Process
>> No package parted available.
>> Nothing to do
>>
>> any ideas on what's going on?
>>
>> i have the following files:
>>
>> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
>> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Media.repo
>> /etc/yum.repos.d/Citrix.repo
>>
>> the CentOS-Base.repo has the following.
>>
>> [base]
>> name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
>> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
>> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>> exclude=kernel-xen*, *xen*
>> enabled=0
>>
>> #released updates
>> [updates]
>> name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
>> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
>> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>> exclude=kernel-xen*, *xen*
>> enabled=0
>>
>> #packages used/produced in the build but not released
>> [addons]
>> name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons
>> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons
>> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>> enabled=0
>>
>> #additional packages that may be useful
>> [extras]
>> name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
>> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
>> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>> enabled=0
>>
>> #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
>> [centosplus]
>> name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
>> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
>> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
>> gpgcheck=1
>> enabled=0
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>>
>> #contrib - packages by Centos Users
>> [contrib]
>> name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib
>> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib
>> #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/
>> gpgcheck=1
>> enabled=0
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>>
>> the CentOS-Media.repo has the following.
>>
>> [c5-media]
>> name=CentOS-$releasever - Media
>> baseurl=file:///media/CentOS/
>>          file:///media/cdrom/
>>          file:///media/cdrecorder/
>> gpgcheck=1
>> enabled=0
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>>
>> the Citrix.repo has the following.
>>
>> [citrix]
>> name=XCP 1.4.90 updates
>> mirrorlist=http://updates.vmd.citrix.com/XCP/1.4.90/domain0/mirrorlist
>> #baseurl=http://updates.vmd.citrix.com/XCP/1.4.90/domain0/
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=http://updates.vmd.citrix.com/XCP/RPM-GPG-KEY-1.4.90
>> enabled=0
>>
>
> When I do a search on the centos base repos this is what I get.
>
> [root at main ~]# yum search parted
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, security
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> epel/metalink                                            |  12 kB
> 00:00
>   * base: ftp.linux.ncsu.edu
>   * epel: mirror.hiwaay.net
>   * extras: mirror.cs.vt.edu
>   * rpmforge: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
>   * updates: centos.digitalcompass.net
> base                                                     | 3.7 kB
> 00:00
> extras                                                   | 3.5 kB
> 00:00
> rpmforge                                                 | 1.9 kB
> 00:00
> updates                                                  | 3.5 kB
> 00:00
>
> ============================= N/S Matched: parted
> ==============================
> pyparted.x86_64 : Python module for GNU parted
> parted.i686 : The GNU disk partition manipulation program
> parted.x86_64 : The GNU disk partition manipulation program
> parted-devel.i686 : Files for developing apps which will manipulate disk
>                    : partitions
> parted-devel.x86_64 : Files for developing apps which will manipulate disk
>                      : partitions
>
>    Name and summary matches only, use "search all" for everything.
> [root at main ~]#
>
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Hi,

it seems that repo is disable.

enabled=1

for base and update

Thanks