I've been using Red Hat and its derivatives since RH4.2. I use Fedora Core 6 for all of my desktop machines, but I decided to go for Centos 5 for my new colo web server. So I've just taken delivery of a new Centos 5 virtual server from Bytemark (http://bytemark.co.uk/) and I'm trying to get it set up with all the RPMs that I'm used to from FC6. As I understand it, the Centos Extras repository at http://centos.karan.org/ is the equivalent of Fedora Extras, so I've downloaded and installed the *.repo file from that site. But I still don't seem to have access to all of the RPMs that I was hoping for. I was particularly looking for the Perl CPAN modules that are part of Fedora Extras. Very few of those seem to be available. Am I just too early? Is the Centos Extras repository not quite ready for Centos 5 yet? Or is there a technical reason why the Fedora Extras RPMs can't be rebuilt for Centos? Or do I need to configure yum for a different repository? if I have to rebuild the RPMs myself, then I'm quite happy to do that. I just wondered if they would become available automatically if I waited a while. There's no real hurry to get this server up. Cheers, Dave...
You might want to try the DAG RPM Repository: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php hth On May 10, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Dave Cross wrote:> I've been using Red Hat and its derivatives since RH4.2. I use Fedora > Core 6 for all of my desktop machines, but I decided to go for Centos > 5 for my new colo web server. > > So I've just taken delivery of a new Centos 5 virtual server from > Bytemark (http://bytemark.co.uk/) and I'm trying to get it set up with > all the RPMs that I'm used to from FC6. > > As I understand it, the Centos Extras repository at > http://centos.karan.org/ is the equivalent of Fedora Extras, so I've > downloaded and installed the *.repo file from that site. > > But I still don't seem to have access to all of the RPMs that I was > hoping for. I was particularly looking for the Perl CPAN modules that > are part of Fedora Extras. Very few of those seem to be available. > > Am I just too early? Is the Centos Extras repository not quite ready > for Centos 5 yet? Or is there a technical reason why the Fedora Extras > RPMs can't be rebuilt for Centos? Or do I need to configure yum for a > different repository? > > if I have to rebuild the RPMs myself, then I'm quite happy to do that. > I just wondered if they would become available automatically if I > waited a while. There's no real hurry to get this server up. > > Cheers, > > Dave... > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070510/10f8fa3c/attachment.html>
Ralph Angenendt
2007-May-10 20:03 UTC
[CentOS] New Centos User - Yum Repositories Question
Dave Cross wrote:> As I understand it, the Centos Extras repository at > http://centos.karan.org/ is the equivalent of Fedora Extras, so I've > downloaded and installed the *.repo file from that site. > > But I still don't seem to have access to all of the RPMs that I was > hoping for. I was particularly looking for the Perl CPAN modules that > are part of Fedora Extras. Very few of those seem to be available.That repository is still not complete for CentOS 5 yet (am I right, Karanbir?) Please see <http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories> for more information. Cheers, Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070510/9b204cdf/attachment.sig>
On 5/10/07, Dianne Yumul <dianne at wellsgaming.com> wrote:> You might want to try the DAG RPM Repository: > > http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.phpOh. Interesting idea. On Fedora I tend to avoid Dag's repository because (as I understand it) it's incompatible with Livna. But on this server I don't need Livna, so Dag is a definite possibility. Thanks for the suggestion. Dave...