Re: LUG: Is there a package manager for the NCSU Realm Kit? - Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:20:46 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Is there a package manager for the NCSU Realm Kit?

From : Jack Neely <jjneely@pams.ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:20:46 -0400

On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 12:23:27AM -0400, Randy Barlow wrote:
> Elliot Peele wrote:
>
> >What want to look at up2date, which can use yum repositories and is
> >already installed on the machine. Yum repositories are defined in
> >the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file.
> >
> Thanks, this worked quite well for installing KDevelop. What are some
> good repositories for the Realm Kit? I am assuming that the Realm Kit
> (non beta version) is most similar to RHEL 3? Is this important when
> selecting a repository? Thanks!
>
> Randy Barlow
>

There are RHEL 3 and RHEL 4 based versions of Realm Linux. The extra
packages come from a sub-channel on RHN. You can tell what version you
are dealing with by looking at the file

/etc/redhat-release

In theory, yum repositories for the matching version of RHEL should work
well on Realm Linux.

I'd really like some student help in building/maintaining a branch of
Realm Linux on Fedora Core. There are some
brief instructions here:

http://www.linux.ncsu.edu/moin/BuildingRealmLinux

Jack Neely

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