Are you registered to the Red Hat Network (RHN)?
If not, you will see messages like this when trying to use the “yum” package installer.
[root@localhost ~]# yum install pidgin
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
No package pidgin available.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost ~]#
Don’t panic, you might be able to use CentOS packages
First you need to add the CentOS repository, create this file using your favorite text editor:
[root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo
Adding the following contents, note the ‘5’ has to be hardcoded to either 5 or 6 depending on your RHEL version.
[centos]
name=CentOS $releasever – $basearch
baseurl=http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/centos/5/os/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
Once you’ve completed this step, you can now use “yum” to install CentOS packages.
Installing a package from CentOS
Here we’re installing the popular IM client Pidgin from the CentOS repository:
[root@localhost ~]# yum install pidgin
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
Repository centos is listed more than once in the configuration
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
centos | 1.1 kB 00:00
centos/primary | 967 kB 00:03
centos 2725/2725
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package pidgin.i386 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: libpurple = 2.6.6-5.el5_7.4 for package: pidgin
–> Processing Dependency: libgtkspell.so.0 for package: pidgin
–> Processing Dependency: libpurple.so.0 for package: pidgin
–> Running transaction check
—> Package gtkspell.i386 0:2.0.11-2.1 set to be updated
—> Package libpurple.i386 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: libmeanwhile.so.1 for package: libpurple
–> Processing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-md5 for package: libpurple
–> Processing Dependency: libsilcclient-1.0.so.1 for package: libpurple
–> Processing Dependency: libsilc-1.0.so.2 for package: libpurple
–> Running transaction check
—> Package cyrus-sasl-md5.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-lib = 2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 for package: cyrus-sasl-md5
—> Package libsilc.i386 0:1.0.2-2.fc6 set to be updated
—> Package meanwhile.i386 0:1.0.2-5.el5 set to be updated
–> Running transaction check
–> Processing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-lib = 2.1.22-5.el5 for package: cyrus-sasl-plain
–> Processing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-lib = 2.1.22-5.el5 for package: cyrus-sasl
—> Package cyrus-sasl-lib.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 set to be updated
–> Running transaction check
—> Package cyrus-sasl.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 set to be updated
—> Package cyrus-sasl-plain.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 set to be updated
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
pidgin i386 2.6.6-5.el5_7.4 centos 1.5 M
Installing for dependencies:
cyrus-sasl-md5 i386 2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 centos 46 k
gtkspell i386 2.0.11-2.1 centos 30 k
libpurple i386 2.6.6-5.el5_7.4 centos 8.3 M
libsilc i386 1.0.2-2.fc6 centos 412 k
meanwhile i386 1.0.2-5.el5 centos 108 k
Updating for dependencies:
cyrus-sasl i386 2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 centos 1.2 M
cyrus-sasl-lib i386 2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 centos 127 k
cyrus-sasl-plain i386 2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 centos 27 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 6 Package(s)
Update 3 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 12 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/9): cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-5.el5_4.3.i386.rpm | 27 kB 00:00
(2/9): gtkspell-2.0.11-2.1.i386.rpm | 30 kB 00:00
(3/9): cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.22-5.el5_4.3.i386.rpm | 46 kB 00:00
(4/9): meanwhile-1.0.2-5.el5.i386.rpm | 108 kB 00:00
(5/9): cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-5.el5_4.3.i386.rpm | 127 kB 00:00
(6/9): libsilc-1.0.2-2.fc6.i386.rpm | 412 kB 00:00
(7/9): cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-5.el5_4.3.i386.rpm | 1.2 MB 00:00
(8/9): pidgin-2.6.6-5.el5_7.4.i386.rpm | 1.5 MB 00:00
(9/9): libpurple-2.6.6-5.el5_7.4.i386.rpm | 8.3 MB 00:04
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Total 1.3 MB/s | 12 MB 00:08
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : cyrus-sasl-lib 1/12
Updating : cyrus-sasl-plain 2/12
Updating : cyrus-sasl 3/12
Installing : cyrus-sasl-md5 4/12
Installing : libsilc 5/12
Installing : gtkspell 6/12
Installing : meanwhile 7/12
Installing : libpurple 8/12
Installing : pidgin 9/12
Cleanup : cyrus-sasl 10/12
Cleanup : cyrus-sasl-plain 11/12
Cleanup : cyrus-sasl-lib 12/12
Installed:
pidgin.i386 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4
Dependency Installed:
cyrus-sasl-md5.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 gtkspell.i386 0:2.0.11-2.1 libpurple.i386 0:2.6.6-5.el5_7.4 libsilc.i386 0:1.0.2-2.fc6
meanwhile.i386 0:1.0.2-5.el5
Dependency Updated:
cyrus-sasl.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 cyrus-sasl-lib.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 cyrus-sasl-plain.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]#
Misson Accomplished!
You now have a working version of Pidgin with its dependencies courtesy of CentOS.
