New to Linux

[Aaron Bliss]

Yes, you need a RHN subscription or switch to an alternative distro.

Aaron

On 9/23/2009 12:13 PM, Marks, Judy A. wrote:
> It is redhat 2.6.18-53.el5xen #1. A yum list create* gives me:
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> [root at nbaixlnx001t yum.repos.d]# yum list create*
> Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Loading "security" plugin
> This system is not registered with RHN.
> RHN support will be disabled.
> Setting up repositories
> No Repositories Available to Set Up
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
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> Do I HAVE to be registered?
> 
> Judy
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> [root at nbaixlnx001t yum.repos.d]#
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Bliss
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:04 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: New to Linux
> 
> Is this a redhat 5 box?  If so, do you have a RedHat subscription? 
> There is a createrepo package available:
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> yum list create*
> Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
> rhel-x86_64-server-vt-5 
>                | 1.3 kB     00:00
> rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-server-5 
>                |  871 B     00:00
> rhel-x86_64-server-5 
>                | 1.3 kB     00:00
> Available Packages
> createrepo.noarch                              0.4.11-3.el5 
>                   rhel-x86_64-server-5
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> yum install createrepo should install the package, working under the 
> assumption this is a RedHat 5 box.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> On 9/23/2009 12:00 PM, Marks, Judy A. wrote:
>> I am new to linux and just installed redhat. I am trying to create a
>> repo but when I execute the createrepo command I get:
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>> If I do a yum install available I get the message "Nothing to do".  I
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