Installing, Disabling & Removing RPMforge Repository

RPMforge is a collaboration of Dag, Dries, and other packagers. They provide over 4000 packages for CentOS, including mplayer, xmms-mp3, and other popular media tools. The RPMforge collaboration repackages many RPMs that are not included as part of the stock Linux distributions, including versions of many packages still in testing. Visit the RPMforge Website for more information.

Requirements

• Install and Configure the Yum Priorities plugin

Install RPMforge Repository on CentOS

Note
The file names listed are for specific versions of the operating system and will vary slightly. Check the repository for the correct file name.

1. Download the rpmforge-release package. Choose one of the two options below, selecting to match your host's architecture. If you are unsure of which one to use you can check your architecture with the command

   uname -i

   i386: http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm

   wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm

   x86_64: http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

2. Install DAG’s GPG Key
   

   rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

3. Verify the package you have downloaded
   

   rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.*.rpm

4. Install the package
   

   rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.*.rpm

5. Delete the downloaded RPMforge-release package

Configure RPMforge Repository on CentOS

1. Open the RPMforge configuration file
   

   /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

1. Ensure the RPMForge repository is enabled:
   

   enabled = 1

2. Add the following text to the end of the RPMForge repository entry
   

   priority = 3

2. Check that you got the priorities set correctly
   

   yum check-update

   You should output similar to the following:
   

   Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
   …
   xxx packages excluded due to repository priority protections

Managing Repositories

1. List all enabled yum repositories:
   

   yum repolist

2. Temporary Disable RPMForge repository:
   
   1. To disable the repo, open the RPMforge configuration file
      

      /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

   2. Change the enabled flag to 0:
      

      enabled = 0

3. remove rpmforge as package repository
   

   rpm -e rpmforge

   This command removes the /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo file.

References

• RPMforge CentOS Wiki
• DAG RPMforge FAQ
• CentOS RPM Updates