Questions tagged [repository]
A repository is the storage location of a package management or version control software. Consider adding tags for the particular software, e.g. apt, yum, git, svn.
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How-to: add an ISO/DVD of RHEL to the Repository list under Gnome for installing packages
I want to add the original ISO I installed RHEL from as a repository under the Add/Remove Software tool in Gnome.
How do I do this?
To clarify, I know what I need to do (add a repository) - I need ...
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CentOS repositories: EPEL or rpmforge, which one is better and why?
So everyone who uses CentOS knows the default repositories have their limits. I've been using rpmforge for years as a secondary repo. I usually use yum priorities to make sure rpmforge never installs ...
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SLES Devel Packages?
It seems SLES 11.2 (and OpenSUSE) are missing many devel (dev) packages common in other distros such as Ubuntu Server or CentOS. I understand that packages / deps may be wrapped up in other-named ...
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How to know from which yum repository *URL* a package has been installed?
My sysadmin would like a proxy whitelist for some old CentOS sever I am trying to update (until now, it was cut off from the Internet).
I asked to have full Internet access, so I can just update ...
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Can we install Natty package into Lucid?
I'm using Ubuntu Lucid. Due to some reasons, I'm not allowed to upgrade the OS.
I need to use the latest version of a software, with version number > 2.5.x. However, when I check the software repo ...
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yum update works but yum --security update fails to work in Fedora 12
I had already installed the yum-security before. And I was going to do an update by entering the following command:
[root@localhost /]# yum update
Loaded plugins: presto, priorities, refresh-...
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Avoiding Dependancy Hell in a Restrictive Environment
This may be a canonical question, and it may simply be a function of my inexperience, but I'm curious to know if there are best practices aimed at avoiding dependency hell when you find yourself in an ...
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SLES 11 SDK repositories
is there a way to add SLES 11 SDK repositories without having to download and burn the ISO ?
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TortoiseSVN on Windows - checkout error "...is not a valid as filename in directory"
I have a project under SVN control. SVN and repository reside on a Linux Debian 6 server. On the server I have a working copy as well (for Apache to show the website for test purposes).
The checkout ...
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Managing myriad package repositories
On testing, development, and some other server and workstation environments, I use a variety of package repositories (with CentOS, for example, these include: remi, epel, rpmforge, jpackage, and ...
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Is there a Debian Repository with OpenJ9 based Java releases?
Does anyone know if there are any Debian (11 Bullseye) repositories providing the latest and greatest Java builds based on OpenJ9 or did someone perhaps write some scripts for automatically updating ...
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How to remove all binary files from a SVN Repository to decrease it's size?
We would like to decrease the size of a repository by purging all binary files usually zip files that are not development oriented. Any easy way to remove them?
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Mark rpm package as automatically installed
On debian systems I can use aptitude markauto and aptitude unmarkauto to mark packages as manually or automatically installed. I use this to remove unneeded packages by marking the packages I know I ...
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yum: the same packages in two repositories, force to install the package from a different repo
I am developing a PostgresDB plugin. The plugin is being run in Postgres in Centos 6.3. To be able to compile my project, I had to install some of the libraries from the epel repository and some from ...
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What is the format of specifying 'http' repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list?
After specifying the url of the repository, what do the tags like 'stable','non-free' mean in the entries of /etc/apt/sources.list ? If we know the url of a repository, how do we decide about these ...
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When installing docker on Ubuntu, why isn't it as easy as apt-get install docker?
I've installed docker a dozen times on Ubuntu using the instructions on the docker website (7 commands including removing old versions, adding a gpg keychain etc). I always just powered through, but ...
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How can I enable PowerTools repository in RHEL 8?
This is a similar question to: How to enable PowerTools repository in CentOS 8?
I am trying to to setup a headless web server on my EC2 AWS running on RHEL 8.2. As it is a headless server with no GUI, ...
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Debian apt-get repository
We have our own internal package repository hosted on a webserver running apache.
Internal users who want to install one of these packages point these sources.list to the webserver & do a apt-get ...
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Errors installing php extensions on Centos 7
I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is i just dont know how to fix it.
Im trying to install mcrypt "yum install php-mcrypt" and i get the following error
Error: Package: php-mcrypt-5.3.3-3.el6....
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Move repo from plain git to GitLab server
I have two servers, an older server running plain git with three repositories under /opt/. These projects are now to be moved over to a new server where I choose to run gitlab for the sake of the GUI ...
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Installing Git on Ubuntu 12.04
I installed git with gitolite on my vserver using this tutorial.
But I've got a problem to clone the gitolite-admin repo to my computer.
The user is created with the option --disabled-password
But ...
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How to manage a home-grown YUM package repo?
There are plenty of websites that explain how to manage a mirror of YUM repos. I want to run a repo for my home-grown packages. Is there a good way to manage such repos?
What I need to do:
Manage ...
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What does the status column mean when I run yum repolist
I'm trying to update my PHP version, using the webtatic repo. I've successfully done it (using the exact steps in the link) above on a test VM server running on my machine at home, but when I try and ...
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Unsure of where my git repository is storing files
I've made a remote git repository with
mkdir /var/www/html/myproject.git
chmod 0770 /var/www/html/myproject.git
ln -s /var/www/html/myproject.git myproject.git
cd myproject.git
git --bare init
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Errors while trying to install gitolite
I'm trying to get up and running gitolite as the instructions said at this http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/qi.html but when I run the command:
[git@devserver gitolite]$ src/gitolite install -ln
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Creating an efficient work flow for developers
I need some ideas on how our work flow compares to some others. We have a single developer that works on our marketing website and she knows how to code and that's about it (no source control ...
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Good Xen image repository? [closed]
Does anyone know of a good image repo for Xen, sort of like Appliance store for VmWare? Also something like sourceforge but for xen, with tools and such?
I know there used to be jailbreak.org - which ...
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Later versions of RPMs not available through custom yum repo
I've created a custom repository following this guide.
Files are being served via http (nginx). I've cd'd into the directory to create the metadata with createrepo .. I can install a package through ...
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How to add package and its dependencies to my own apt repository
I'm setting up an apt repository to manage dependencies for servers that I build. I'm doing this because I want to be able to repeatably build the exact same server over and over again.
There are ...
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Oracle SOA repository migration
Does anybody know whether it is possible to migrate Oracle SOA repository from a simple Oracle database to Oracle RAC?
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Get checksums of all packages on a yum repo server
I have a server I'm using as a yum reposerver. I've mirrored all the packages I want, and added additional packages in different folders. I've created multiple repos with the createrepo command. There ...
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Should the GPG key of a debian repository be shared among its maintainers?
I'm following this tutorial to set up a debian repository
https://wiki.debian.org/SettingUpSignedAptRepositoryWithReprepro
This repository will be managed by me and my colleagues. We want to sign ...
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SVN 1.2.3 to 1.7 Migration Dump Load issues
I am having trouble with migrating a SVN (version 1.2.3) repo to a new server. In the process I want to update the repo and server to the latest SVN version.
I have tried dumping the repo, but found ...
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Repository 'base' is missing name in configuration, using id CentOS5
When I run yum update I receive the following error:
Repository 'base' is missing name in configuration, using id
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for ...
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RHEL/CentOS - Is remi repo safe for for audits, etc?
We've recently passed our SOCII type 1 audit and are working through the type 2 audit. On some of our production servers, I'd like to push more recent versions of a handful of apps, and I see people ...
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CentOS 8.3 - How to switch a PHP installation from Remi to AppStream?
Currently running PHP 7.4 from Remi. It was a modular dnf installation that replaced PHP 7.2 AppStream packages back when 7.2 was the newest PHP available from CentOS. In other words, Remi packages ...
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Install PHP 5.6 on CentOS 7 - No package php56 available - yum misconfiguration?
I'm trying to install PHP 5.6.x on my CentOS 7.2.1511 installation.
I've followed this guide:
https://webtatic.com/packages/php56/
For some reason, the php56 cannot be found. I've also tried other ...
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git repo for dotfiles - clone to homefolder
I'm learning git, and the test case I'm using it for is keeping a repo of my linux profile settings (.bashrc .profile .tmux.conf etc)
on my main machine, the repo is created at the home folder:
base=...
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Remi: Which repository contains what?
If I add the remi repository with dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm I get 3 files in /etc/yum.repos.d that declare following repositories:
remi-modular
remi-modular-...
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Add redhat yum repo to oracle linux
I'm running oracle linux 7.2.
The Oracle yum repo is comparatively small, containing only core enterprise packages.
How can I add the redhat yum repo so I can install other userspace utilities?
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What is the difference between the base and updates repo in CentOS?
When I do a yum check-update on a CentOS machine, I see that some updates are from the base repo, and some from the updates repo. Can anyone tell me what the difference between the two are? I have ...
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How to install RPM Fusion repository with Ansible on Fedora 32 Server virtual machine?
I want to install RPM Fusion repository on Fedora 32 Server virtual machine with Ansible
I've tried various possibility unsuccessfully :
- name: Enable the RPM Fusion repository
command: dnf install ...
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Reposync for specific packages
I have private Linux repositories only for my server. I am making it using createrepo and reposync. But I am not using all of packages that provided when using command reposync to download package.
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Self-signed Cert for yum repository server
Can I use Self-signed Cert for local yum repository server?
The problem is when a client i sdoing a yum update via my repository server, it shows
[Errno 14] curl#60 - "Peer's certificate issuer ...
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Is it possible to create a RHEL 6 repo on a RHEL 7 server
I am trying to create a RHEL 6 repository, but since I have a RHEL 7 repository, I was thinking if it is possible to create that repo on the same server.
I already have a valid and currently ...
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cobbler can't sync to repo I added
I added the centos base repo to cobbler:
cobbler repo add --arch=x86_64 --name=Centos-Base --mirror=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os&infra=$infra
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sudo apt-get update is not updating repositories in Debian Wheezy
I am trying to update repositories using following command but it is failing:
sudo apt-get update
Here is the output of above command:
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://deb....
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Export VisualSVN users
I'm using VisualSVN server. Since one of the hosted repositories is moving to a different server, I'd like to export a table of users with their password hashes and import it at the new location.
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CentOS 5.7 - Cannot retrieve repository metadata
I got this strange error today and I'm not able to fix it:
root@server# yum -y update
Loaded plugins: allowdowngrade
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http[s] or file.
Eg. </html&...
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Using signed debian packages for internal repository
We are using an internal debian repository for backports and internal software.
We chose reprepro to manage the repository, and we sign source packages (with debsign) so that the repository accepts ...
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