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How to add Oracle essential packages YUM repo

Normally you will need Oracle essential packages for Oracle 11gR2 Database and RAC installation & configuration. #cd /etc/yum.repos.d #wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo #yum list #yum install oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall =============== For Other OS's: =============== Download and copy the appropriate yum configuration file in place, by running the following commands as root: Oracle Linux 4, Update 6 or Newer # cd /etc/yum.repos.d # mv Oracle-Base.repo Oracle-Base.repo.disabled # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el4.repo Oracle Linux 5 # cd /etc/yum.repos.d # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo Oracle Linux 6 # cd /etc/yum.repos.d # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo Oracle VM 2 # cd /etc/yum.repos.d # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ovm2.repo Enable the appropriate repository by editing the yum configuration file     Open the yum configuration file i

How to add remote FTP / HTTP repository to RHEL or CentOS 6/7

To do it, first you need to collect below two details; FTP / HTTP YUM server IP i.e. "10.0.0.1" Packages location on remote YUM server i.e. "/rhel6_64repo/Packages/" Then create a repo file " rhel6_ftp_remote " in "/etc/yum.repos.d/" folder with below content; [rhel6_ftp_remote] name=Remote FTP Repository for RHEL6 $releasever – $basearch baseurl= ftp ://10.0.0.1/rhel6_64repo/Packages/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 If you want to add HTTP repo link, then replace "ftp" with "http". [rhel6_http_remote] name=Remote HTTP Repository for RHEL6 $releasever – $basearch baseurl= http ://10.0.0.1/rhel6_64repo/Packages/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 To add Local repo, read this article .

How to create and add a Local YUM Repository on RHEL or CentOS 7

How to setup local yum repository on RHEL or CentOS 7?  This tutorial describes how to setup a local Yum repository on CentOS or RHEL 7 system. Later i will show you how you can use this repository to fetch software, security updates and fixes. Local repository is an efficient way to deploy new software's or patches as it will be over LAN where deployment will be fast, saving your internet bill. I have two CentOS 7 systems here one is YUM repository server and another will be Client which will fetch the updates from repository server over FTP protocol. Setting up YUM repo server with FTP: Step 1. Mount CentOS 7 ISO and copy all the RPM packages to a FTP directory: [root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/ mount: /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only [root@localhost ~]# mkdir /var/ftp/pub/localrepo [root@localhost ~]# cp -ar /mnt/Packages/* /var/ftp/pub/localrepo/ Step 2. Install vsftpd package and start it's service: [root@localhost ~]# cd /mn