[rhelv6-beta-list] question about yum

[Morten P.D. Stevens]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhelv6-beta-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhelv6-beta-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Gary Gatling
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:01 PM
> To: rhelv6-beta-list at redhat.com
> Subject: [rhelv6-beta-list] question about yum
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have installed a RHEL 6 beta 2 test system but yum doesn't seem to
> work.
> 
> On a RHEL 6 beta 1 system, I can run:
> 
> yum install gconf-editor
> 
> and I get the package installed from the rhel-beta repository.
> 
> In RHEL 6 beta 2, when I try the exact same command I get:
> 
> [root at vaporware ~]# yum install gconf-editor
> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
> This system is not registered with RHN.
> RHN support will be disabled.
> Setting up Install Process
> No package gconf-editor available.
> Error: Nothing to do
> 
> Why can't I install a package via yum in beta 2?
> 
> It looks like there is a /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-beta.repo file.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas anyone has.

Hi Gary,

the rhel-beta repo is disabled by default.
You have to enable it.

/etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-beta.repo

[rhel-beta]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever Beta - $basearch
baseurl=ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/rhel/beta/$releasever/$basearch/os/
#mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=rhel-$releasever-beta&arch=$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-beta

yum-update and it should work :)

Best regards,

Morten