Manually connecting to the Oracle Linux Yum Server

Manually connecting to the Oracle Linux Yum Server

　　1.　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/

2.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 system

　　Oracle 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

　　3.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

　　4.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