Appendix A Installing Software
Below are a few methods to locate and install required packages. You may use any one of theses methods as necessary.
Always verify that intended installations were successful, especially when using the wildcard character!
Using yum
1. Ensure the file /etc/yum.repos.d/server1.repo exists on your system. If does not, download the file from server1:
[root@stationX]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
[root@stationX]# wget http://server1/pub/gls/server1.repo
It should contain the following content:
[Server]
name=Server
enable=1
gpgcheck=1
baseurl=http://192.168.0.254/pub/Server
2. After writing the file to disk, and returned to your prompt, enter the following command. You should see output similar to that listed below.
# yum list redhat-release
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up repositories
Server 100% |=========================| 0000 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 0000 kB 00:00
######################################################### 0000/0000
Installed packages
redhat-release.i386 5.##Server-# installed
3. If your results are similar, you must now install the public GPG keys(note the asterisk):
# rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat*
4. You may now use the command listed below to install software:
# yum -y install packagename
Using NFS (may use the "*" wildcard in RPM name)
1. You may use the following commands to access and install software via NFS.
2. # mkdir /mnt/server1
3. # mount -t nfs -o ro server1:/var/ftp/pub/ /mnt/server1
4. # rpm -Uvh /mnt/server1/Server/packagename
Using FTP (may use the "*" wildcard in RPM name)
1. You may use the following command to access and install software via FTP.
2. # rpm -Uvh ftp://server1/pub/Server/packagename
Using HTTP (may NOT use the "*" wildcard in RPM name)
1. You may use the following command to access and install software via HTTP.
2. # rpm -Uvh http://server1/pub/Server/packagename