Manually connecting to the Oracle Linux Yum Server
Download and Install Oracle Linux
Note: The Oracle Linux Yum Server is
already configured on Oracle Linux 5 Update 7 and Oracle Linux 6 Update 3
and higher. No further configuration is necessary.
Note:Linux for Sparc 1.0 ISOs are available at:
https://oss.oracle.com/projects/linux-sparc/files/Download and copy the appropriate yum configuration file in place, by running the following commands as root:Oracle Linux 7# cd /etc/yum.repos.d# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol7.repo
Oracle Linux 6# cd /etc/yum.repos.d# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo
Oracle Linux 5# cd /etc/yum.repos.d# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo
Oracle Linux 4, Update 6 or Newer# cd /etc/yum.repos.d# mv Oracle-Base.repo Oracle-Base.repo.disabled# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el4.repo
Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux 2.0# cd /etc/yum.repos.d# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol7.repo # yum install yum-plugin-priorities
Note: Make sure to enable ol7_optional_latest repository before installing yum-plugin-priorities on your systemOracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux 1.0# cd /etc/yum.repos.d# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-openstack-ol6.repo
Oracle VM 2# cd /etc/yum.repos.d# wget http://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ovm2.repo
Linux for SPARC 1.0# cd /etc/yum.repos.d# wget http://yum.oracle.com/yum-linux-sparc64.repo
By default, the latest repository is
enabled. If you want to change the default, you can enable an
alternative repository by editing the yum configuration file.
Open the yum configuration file in a text editor
Locate the section in the file for the repository want to enable, e.g. [el4_u6_base]
Change enabled=0 to enabled=1
Begin using yum, for example:# yum list# yum install firefox
You may be prompted to confirm the import of the Oracle OSS Group GPG key.
