[rhn-users] clarification

[Ben]

On Tue, 26 Oct 2010, Mahalingam Subramaniam wrote:

> I need to set up a RDMB server using LAMP packages on a box with RHELS 5.5 
> but unlicensed copy loaded on this box. I have been making attempt to 
> install above packages using rpm and binary sources but with no success 
> beacuse of registration with RHEL for want of installation number. kindly 
> help / clarify me, Is it not that I can't not fulfill my objective without 
> registering with RHEL Network? for setting up a LAMP server.

1) This is the wrong list.  You probably want the rhelv5 list.  However, 
don't post this there as you won't get any help from anyone owing to the 
fact you don't have an installation number/subscription.

2) If you don't have an installation number or susbscription to RHN you're 
much better off using/reinstalling with CentOS5 rather than RHEL5.  It's 
identical to RHEL5 but is free, so you don't need an installation number or 
subscription to RHN to get security/bug fix updates.

3) I'm not sure why/where you're getting the binary source RPMs from but you 
can't install those and expect to be able to run the software they're named 
after.  You use binary/source RPMs to create package RPMs with the binaries 
you need compiled.  Read up on using "rpm-build -ba".

I hope this helps.  Bottom line a) don't use this list, it's the wrong one 
and b) if you move to CentOS5 everything will be very much easier.  Unless 
you get a subscription to RHN.

Ben
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