CentOS - Feb 2008 - Best way to install non-official packages?

Sooner or later everyone needs to install a package that is not 
included on the official installation CDs/DVD. Until now I just used 
rpmseek.com and Rpmfind.Net but of course this is far from optimal for 
security and compatibility to reasons.

So what is the recommended way to get and install "non official" 
packages that are not part of the repository?!


Thorsten

On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 20:21 +0000, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> Sooner or later everyone needs to install a package that is not 
> included on the official installation CDs/DVD. Until now I just used 
> rpmseek.com and Rpmfind.Net but of course this is far from optimal for 
> security and compatibility to reasons.
> 
> So what is the recommended way to get and install "non official" 
> packages that are not part of the repository?!
> 
> 
> Thorsten
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories .. and search if the package you
want doesn't already exist in such third-party repositories ..
Otherwise, try to find an existing SRPM that can be rebuild and/or
submit a spec file ;-)
-- 
Fabian Arrotin <fabian.arrotin at arrfab.net>
"Internet network currently down, TCP/IP packets delivered now by
UPS/Fedex ..."
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Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> Sooner or later everyone needs to install a package that is not 
> included on the official installation CDs/DVD. Until now I just used 
> rpmseek.com and Rpmfind.Net but of course this is far from optimal for 
> security and compatibility to reasons.
> 
> So what is the recommended way to get and install "non official" 
> packages that are not part of the repository?!
> 
> 

Lots of extra repos listed here:
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories

If what you want isn't there, look for fedora source files (SRPMS) and 
rebuild:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/

Or create a package (if required) from source tarballs.


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* Johnny Hughes (Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:41:25 -0600)
> Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> > Sooner or later everyone needs to install a package that is not 
> > included on the official installation CDs/DVD. Until now I just used 
> > rpmseek.com and Rpmfind.Net but of course this is far from optimal for
> > security and compatibility to reasons.
> > 
> > So what is the recommended way to get and install "non
official"
> > packages that are not part of the repository?!
> 
> Lots of extra repos listed here:
> http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories
Yes, thanks, rpmforge was what I was looking for...

Thorsten

Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> Sooner or later everyone needs to install a package that is not 
> included on the official installation CDs/DVD. Until now I just used 
> rpmseek.com and Rpmfind.Net but of course this is far from optimal for 
> security and compatibility to reasons.
> 
> So what is the recommended way to get and install "non official" 
> packages that are not part of the repository?!
There are some 3rd party repositories I trust - such as EPEL.
I add their repo and yum install.

However - there are other packages not available.

I tend to grab the src.rpm - I then install the src.rpm in my local user 
directory and inspect the spec file. Often they need adjustment - 
especially if they use distro specific macros.

If I'm paranoid (don't trust the packager) I skim every patch and 
redownload the source from upstream.

Then I rebuild the src.rpm from my modified spec file - and then feed 
the rebuilt src.rpm through mock.