Manually connecting to the Oracle Linux Yum Server
1. Download and Install Oracle Linux
Note: The Oracle Linux Yum Server is already configured on Oracle Linux 5 Update 7 and Oracle Linux 6 Update 3 and higher. No further configuration is necessary.
Note:Linux for Sparc 1.0 ISOs are available at:
https://oss.oracle.com/projects/linux-sparc/files/
2.Download and copy the appropriate yum configuration file in place, by running the following commands as root:
Oracle Linux 7
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol7.repo
Oracle Linux 6
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo
Oracle Linux 5
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo
Oracle Linux 4, Update 6 or Newer
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# mv Oracle-Base.repo Oracle-Base.repo.disabled
# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el4.repo
Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux 2.0
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol7.repo
# yum install yum-plugin-priorities
Note: Make sure to enable ol7_optional_latest repository before installing yum-plugin-priorities on your system
Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux 1.0
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-openstack-ol6.repo
Oracle VM 2
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ovm2.repo
Linux for SPARC 1.0
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://yum.oracle.com/yum-linux-sparc64.repo
3.By default, the latest repository is enabled. If you want to change the default, you can enable an alternative repository by editing the yum configuration file.
- Open the yum configuration file in a text editor
- Locate the section in the file for the repository want to enable, e.g. [el4_u6_base]
- Change enabled=0 to enabled=1
4.Begin using yum, for example:
# yum list
# yum install firefox
You may be prompted to confirm the import of the Oracle OSS Group GPG key