[CentOS] EPEL problem

Mark LaPierre marklapier at aol.com
Sun Nov 24 01:25:30 UTC 2013


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On 11/23/2013 07:42 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> Am 24.11.2013 01:29, schrieb Mark LaPierre:
>> On 11/23/2013 06:57 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
>>> I'm trying to install the EPEL repo on a fully up to date
>>> CentOS 6.4. I'm using wget to download from my usual source but
>>> after I install it via `sudo rpm -ivh epel-xxxxx` it's not
>>> actually there in `/etc/yum.repos.d`.
>>> 
>>> Trying to install it again, Yum just tells me it's already
>>> installed.
>>> 
>>> I've no idea where it is installed if it is (which I don't
>>> think it is) so I'm stumped.
>>> 
>>> Any help appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Phil...
>>> 
>> 
>> locate epel.repo
> 
> does not help before the mlocate cronjob refreshed the database or
> someone with knowledge does it by hand - no magic there
> 
> "rpm -q --filesbypkg <packagename>" is the one and only correct
> command and if there is no file in /etc/yum.repos.d it is *not*
> installed
> 
> [root at openvas:~]$ rpm -q --filesbypkg epel-release epel-release
> /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6 epel-release
> /etc/rpm/macros.ghc-srpm epel-release
> /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo epel-release
> /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo epel-release
> /usr/share/doc/epel-release-6 epel-release
> /usr/share/doc/epel-release-6/GPL
> 
> 

Good point.

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