rhel 6 yum

[linuxgirl01]

Hello,

I am trying to add a .repo to /etc/yum.repos.d for rhel 6 64 bit, but I can't seem to find a good yum url. The last one I tried was this:

name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever Beta - $basearch
#baseurl=ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/rhel/beta/$releasever/$basearch/os/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=rhel-$releasever-beta&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-beta
[rhel-beta-optional]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever Beta (Optional) - $basearch
#baseurl=ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/rhel/beta/$releasever/optional/$basearch/os/
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=rhel-optional-$releasever-beta&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-beta


And I keep getting this answer:

yum update
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
rhel-beta/metalink | 24 kB 00:00
Could not parse metalink https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/me...ta&arch=x86_64 error was
No repomd file
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rhel-beta. Please verify its path and try again


Can you please help me find a good yum mirror?

Thanks in advance!

RHEL6 is a release version so the beta repos have been deleted.

[linuxgirl01]

thanks! so which yum repo should I add instead? can you point me in the right direction? I am new with red hat...thanks.

Originally Posted by linuxgirl01

thanks! so which yum repo should I add instead? can you point me in the right direction? I am new with red hat...thanks.

You need to buy a subscription to use RHEL repos.

[smr54]

You have a few possibilities--well, a couple, anyway.

CentOS and ScientificLinux are free and very close to RHEL. At work, many places use one of those rather than the (somewhat expensive) RedHat subscriptions--that is, anything that includes support can be expensive, and while the self-support is affordable, it's just as easy to use CentOS or ScientificLinux. (There's also Oracle Linux, but I have no experience with its free version.)

So, as Yellowman says, to use RedHat, you have to purchase a subscription. Note the part of your message

This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.

CentOS has a wiki that discusses, among other things, various repos--you can just look through wiki.centos.org in the HowTos for the packaging section.

Holy Mackerel!! 25 guests are viewing this thread right now? I feel....as if I'm being watched.

[linuxgirl01]

Thanks for your answers - I am studying RedHat and prefered to stick to it for the exercises, but if I dont manage to install packages, I might really move to CentOs.

Anyways, for the studies, I received a disk with RHEL installation (which should work for a month or so), it also came with the RPM packages, but I still didnt manage to install anything with those RPMs because every time I try it tells me that the user mock (needed for RPM installs) is missing - and when I try to install mock with yum, well, I obviously can't as there is no .repo yum configured

I come as simple Ubuntu user world and not much of a clue in RedHat world, hope to find my way soon hehhehe

Another question - can't I add Centos YUM repositories to RHEL 6?

Originally Posted by smr54

You have a few possibilities--well, a couple, anyway.

CentOS and ScientificLinux are free and very close to RHEL. At work, many places use one of those rather than the (somewhat expensive) RedHat subscriptions--that is, anything that includes support can be expensive, and while the self-support is affordable, it's just as easy to use CentOS or ScientificLinux. (There's also Oracle Linux, but I have no experience with its free version.)

So, as Yellowman says, to use RedHat, you have to purchase a subscription. Note the part of your message


CentOS has a wiki that discusses, among other things, various repos--you can just look through wiki.centos.org in the HowTos for the packaging section.

Holy Mackeral!! 25 guests are viewing this thread right now? I feel....as if I'm being watched.

As an EPEL packager I'm entitled to free subscription but never felt the need to take up the offer as SL6 or Centos are close enough to test my packages.