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Sometimes we need a RHEL5 Repository that includes software not released by Redhat. It may be that we need a newer version, or simply something that was not included in our installation, and is not part of the standard redhat repositories. Missing RPM Have you ever tried to install something with yum, only to find that the package is not available? $sudo yum -y install vlc Password: Server | 1.3 kB 00:00 Updates | 951 B 00:00 Workstation | 1.1 kB 00:00 addons | 951 B 00:00 base | 2.1 kB 00:00 extras | 2.1 kB 00:00 update | 1.9 kB 00:00 Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished...

Multi Gnome Terminal Install Note: This procedure is for non-standard, unsupported software. The dag repository is outside of Redhat's control, but has some very useful software. Since multi-gnome-terminal has several dependencies, it is easier to install using yum. First, Install Yum * Install yum from your distribution $ rpm -Uvh /RPMS/rhel-3-i386-as/yum-2 .2.0-1.noarch.rpm * Modify /etc/yum.conf Standard yum.conf for rhel-3-U6 (change as required): [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log pkgpolicy=newest distroverpkg=redhat-release tolerant=1 exactarch=1 obsoletes=0 [rhel-3-U6-i386-as] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 6 i386 AS baseurl= http://yum.mydomain.com/rhel-3-U6-i386-as/ * Then, add the dag repository to /etc/yum.conf [dag] name=Dag RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux baseurl= http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el3/en/i386/dag Now, Install and Configure multi-gnome-terminal 1. Install multi-gnome-terminal 1. yum inst...