Just received a fedora email with the following announcement. Seems interesting;
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If you use enterprise-class Linux (EL) distributions derived from
Fedora, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS, we have something
very exciting for you.
Ever find yourself rebuilding one of the high-quality Fedora packages
for your EL version because it didn't ship with the EL distro?
Friends, there is a new way. May we introduce ...
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)
EPEL is a community of package maintainers working from inside of
Fedora. Many are the same people who maintain the Fedora version. Yet,
there room for new packages and contributors. Currently, around 1000
packages are available, and we've been growing at the rate of several
dozen packages every week.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
How to use EPEL:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#howtouse
You can look for packages here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#WhereIsTheSoftwareRepositoryLocated
Looking for a package not in EPEL or other questions?
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ
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redhat at mckerrs.net wrote:> Just received a fedora email with the following announcement. Seems interesting; > > > ==================================> > If you use enterprise-class Linux (EL) distributions derived from > Fedora, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS, we have something > very exciting for you. > > Ever find yourself rebuilding one of the high-quality Fedora packages > for your EL version because it didn't ship with the EL distro? > > Friends, there is a new way. May we introduce ... > > Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) > > EPEL is a community of package maintainers working from inside of > Fedora. Many are the same people who maintain the Fedora version. Yet, > there room for new packages and contributors. Currently, around 1000 > packages are available, and we've been growing at the rate of several > dozen packages every week. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL > > How to use EPEL: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#howtouse > > You can look for packages here: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#WhereIsTheSoftwareRepositoryLocated > > Looking for a package not in EPEL or other questions? > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQJust to reiterate a post to the main EPEL list: https://www.redhat.com/archives/epel-devel-list/2007-July/msg00238.html So, make SURE you are using the yum-priorities (yum-plugin-priorities in CentOS-4) if you are using EPEL ... especially if you are using it with other 3rd party repos/. Here is info on Priorities: http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070727/80979f19/attachment.sig>