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RPM packages are usually organised into Repositories.  These are groups of RPMs available to be installed.  It may be that you need to navigate to another repository to install software.
 
RPM packages are usually organised into Repositories.  These are groups of RPMs available to be installed.  It may be that you need to navigate to another repository to install software.
  
There are four repos installed in RHEL6 by default:
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There are five repos installed in RHEL6 by default:
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:35, 18 August 2013

Repositories

RPM packages are usually organised into Repositories. These are groups of RPMs available to be installed. It may be that you need to navigate to another repository to install software.

There are five repos installed in RHEL6 by default:

Redhat Enterprise Linux Server the Main Redhat Repo
RHN tools Management of RHN connections such as virtualization
RHN server supplementary Software released under liceneces other than opensource such as Java
RHEL V2VWIN Single Package for reading microsoft formatted partitions
RHEL Server Optional A large group of extra RPMs