On 25/01/14 21:12, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > On 01/25/2014 10:08 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> On 24/11/13 00:09, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >>> Am 24.11.2013 00:57, schrieb Phil Dobbin: >>>> 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 >>> >>> thats why "rpm -q --filesbypkg <packagename>" exists >> >> >> Returning to this thread after a considerable break (I'm sorry, I've >> really been quite unwell) here is the output of 'rpm -q --filesbypkg >> epel-release' & the directory listing itself: >> >> '$ 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 >> [Sat Jan 25 20:45:24 phil at localhost:~ ] $ cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ >> [Sat Jan 25 20:45:43 phil at localhost:/etc/yum.repos.d ] $ l >> ./ CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-Media.repo mirrors-rpmforge >> mirrors-rpmforge-testing >> ../ CentOS-Debuginfo.repo CentOS-Vault.repo mirrors-rpmforge-extras >> rpmforge.repo' >> >> It's the same deal with 'yum list epel-*' That also reckons it's installed. >> >> I'm flummoxed as to how to proceed. > > try yum reinstall The problem with that is that it wasn't installed by yum in the first place. I used wget to grab it. Or am I misunderstanding you... Cheers, Phil. -- currently (ab)using Arch Linux, CentOS 6.5, Debian Squeeze & Wheezy, Fedora 19 & 20, OS X Snow Leopard & Tiger, Ubuntu Raring & Saucy GnuGPG Key : http://phildobbin.org/publickey.asc