Installing, Disabling & Removing Rpmforge Repository

RPMforge is a collaboration of Dag, Dries, in addition to other packagers. They render over 4000 packages for CentOS, including mplayer, xmms-mp3, in addition to other pop media tools. The RPMforge collaboration repackages many RPMs that are non included equally usage of the stock Linux distributions, including versions of many packages nevertheless inwards testing. Visit the RPMforge Website for to a greater extent than information.

Requirements

• Install in addition to Configure the Yum Priorities plugin

Install RPMforge Repository on CentOS

Note
The file names listed are for specific versions of the operating organisation in addition to volition vary slightly. Check the repository for the right file name.

1. Download the rpmforge-release package. Choose 1 of the 2 options below, selecting to check your host's architecture. If yous are unsure of which 1 to usage yous tin strength out cheque your architecture alongside the ascendancy

   uname -i

   i386: http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm

   wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm

   x86_64: http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

2. Install DAG’s GPG Key
   

   rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

3. Verify the packet yous bring downloaded
   

   rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.*.rpm

4. Install the package
   

   rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.*.rpm

5. Delete the downloaded RPMforge-release package

Configure RPMforge Repository on CentOS

1. Open the RPMforge configuration file
   

   /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

1. Ensure the RPMForge repository is enabled:
   

   enabled = 1

2. Add the next text to the terminate of the RPMForge repository entry
   

   priority = 3

2. Check that yous got the priorities fix correctly
   

   yum check-update

   You should output like to the following:
   

   Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities … 30 packages excluded due to repository priority protections

Managing Repositories

1. List all enabled yum repositories:
   

   yum repolist

2. Temporary Disable RPMForge repository:
   
   1. To disable the repo, opened upwards the RPMforge configuration file
      

      /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

   2. Change the enabled flag to 0:
      

      enabled = 0

3. remove rpmforge equally packet repository
   

   rpm -e rpmforge

   This ascendancy removes the /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo file.

References

• RPMforge CentOS Wiki
• DAG RPMforge FAQ
• CentOS RPM Updates