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Install software under Gnome

Post by cccc » 2011/01/24 03:07:46

hi

Howto install software, for example cfdisk under Gnome on CentOS 5.5?

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Re: Install software under Gnome

Post by scottro » 2011/01/24 03:25:30

Just use yum.

You might want to check out some of the links in my signature, they're often helpful in aiding folks to find information.

I don't run Gnome, so I'm not absolutely certain, but there may be an Add Remove Software menu, either under applications or possibly Administration.

You can also open a terminal (Applications, System Tools, Terminal) and type in

yum install yumex

(using either sudo, if you have it set up, or else doing an su to root first).

Then, you can use yumex as your graphical package manager.


EDIT

By the way, I believe cfdisk is only available from rpmforge. You can check out using that---there's an article on the wiki at wiki.centos.org under the howto section.

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Re: Install software under Gnome

Post by cccc » 2011/01/24 12:25:18

Thx a lot, but cannot find using Add/Remove Software or yum:

[code]
# cfdisk
bash: cfdisk: command not found

# yum install cfdisk
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: mirror.switch.ch
* base: mirror.switch.ch
* extras: mirror.switch.ch
* updates: mirror.switch.ch
Setting up Install Process
No package cfdisk available.
Nothing to do[/code]

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Install software under Gnome

Post by pschaff » 2011/01/24 16:14:10

You do not seem to have configured the [url=http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories/RPMForge]RPMforge repo[/url]. If you need more help please review the recommended reading, particularly [url=http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=25128&forum=47]How to provide information about your system[/url], and provide the output file from [b]./getinfo.sh package[/b] .

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Re: Install software under Gnome

Post by cccc » 2011/01/28 11:27:50

[quote]
pschaff wrote:
You do not seem to have configured the [url=http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories/RPMForge]RPMforge repo[/url]. If you need more help please review the recommended reading, particularly [url=http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=25128&forum=47]How to provide information about your system[/url], and provide the output file from [b]./getinfo.sh package[/b] .[/quote]

Thx, I've installed RPMForge according to:

http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge

but get this problem:[code]
# rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.*.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 is needed by rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1 is needed by rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686[/code]

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Re: Install software under Gnome

Post by cccc » 2011/01/28 11:40:24

I've installed rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm from:

http://rpmforge.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

then I have done:[code]
# yum install yum-priorities[/code]
and hope is OK.

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Re: Install software under Gnome

Post by jlehtone » 2011/01/28 14:07:37

Note that none of the repositories (AFAIK) does define priorities by default.
Therefore, you should edit the /etc/yum.repos.d/*.conf as desired.

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Re: Install software under Gnome

Post by cccc » 2011/01/28 14:18:35

[quote]
jlehtone wrote:
Note that none of the repositories (AFAIK) does define priorities by default.
Therefore, you should edit the /etc/yum.repos.d/*.conf as desired.[/quote]

Thx, but can you pls give some more details?
I'm new on CentOS.
Is already installed rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm wrong and should be removed?

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Re: Install software under Gnome

Post by cccc » 2011/01/28 15:39:45

I've removed rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm and installed rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm.
Now i have using getinfo.sh package:
Information for package problems.
[code]
== BEGIN uname -rmi ==
2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 i686 i386
== END uname -rmi ==

== BEGIN rpm -qa \*-release\* ==
centos-release-5-5.el5.centos
rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf
centos-release-notes-5.5-0
== END rpm -qa \*-release\* ==

== BEGIN cat /etc/redhat-release ==
CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
== END cat /etc/redhat-release ==

== BEGIN getenforce ==
Enforcing
== END getenforce ==

== BEGIN rpm -q yum rpm python ==
yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos
rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1
python-2.4.3-27.el5_5.3
== END rpm -q yum rpm python ==

== BEGIN ls /etc/yum.repos.d ==
CentOS-Base (copy).repo
CentOS-Base.repo
CentOS-Base.repo~
CentOS-Media.repo
mirrors-rpmforge
mirrors-rpmforge-extras
mirrors-rpmforge-testing
rpmforge.repo
== END ls /etc/yum.repos.d ==

== BEGIN cat /etc/yum.conf ==
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1

# Note: yum-RHN-plugin doesn't honor this.
metadata_expire=1h

# Default.
# installonly_limit = 3

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
== END cat /etc/yum.conf ==

== BEGIN yum repolist all ==
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Repository base is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository updates is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository addons is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository extras is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository centosplus is listed more than once in the configuration
Repository contrib is listed more than once in the configuration
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: mirror.switch.ch
* base: mirror.switch.ch
* extras: centos.de-mirror-server.de
* rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
* updates: mirror.switch.ch
repo id repo name status
addons CentOS-5 - Addons enabled: 0
base CentOS-5 - Base enabled: 2,599
c5-media CentOS-5 - Media disabled
centosplus CentOS-5 - Plus disabled
contrib CentOS-5 - Contrib disabled
extras CentOS-5 - Extras enabled: 326
rpmforge RHEL 5 - RPMforge.net - dag enabled: 10,369
rpmforge-extras RHEL 5 - RPMforge.net - extras disabled
rpmforge-testing RHEL 5 - RPMforge.net - testing disabled
updates CentOS-5 - Updates enabled: 872
repolist: 14,166
== END yum repolist all ==

== BEGIN egrep 'include|exclude' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo ==
== END egrep 'include|exclude' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo ==

== BEGIN sed -n -e "/^\[/h; /priority *=/{ G; s/\n/ /; s/ity=/ity = /; p }" /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo | sort -k3n ==
== END sed -n -e "/^\[/h; /priority *=/{ G; s/\n/ /; s/ity=/ity = /; p }" /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo | sort -k3n ==

== BEGIN rpm -qa kernel\* | sort ==
kernel-2.6.18-194.32.1.el5
kernel-2.6.18-194.el5
== END rpm -qa kernel\* | sort ==
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Re: Install software under Gnome

Post by pschaff » 2011/01/28 16:40:16

You still have no priorities defined. In each repo definition section in /yum.repos.d/*.repo (such as [base] [updates] [extras] ...) you need to insert a line "priority=N" where 1 <= N <= 99. No such line is the same as "priority=99" the lowest. Highest priority number is the lowest priority, the lowest number is "best" as in golf scores.

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