How to add & enable a repository in F12

JayLinux jaylinux53 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 28 18:31:49 UTC 2010


On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Elliott Chapin <echapin at teksavvy.com> wrote:

> On 02/28/2010 12:30 PM, JayLinux wrote:

>> I would like to install Mondo Rescue (backup utility), available at
>> ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/fedora/12/. This also includes a
>> corresponding Fedora 12 repo file
>> (ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/fedora/12/mondorescue.repo).
>>
>> How can I add the mondorescue repository to my existing list of repo's
>> and enable it so that new packages can be auto-updated when a system
>> update is run ?
>> Also, are any additional changes (in any other file(s) ) reqd when I
>> add the repo file ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>> --
>> Linux User 483705 @ http://counter.li.org/ (Linux Counter)
>>
> Try just putting it in /etc/yum/repos.d; open the package manager, look
> for it under System -> Sources, ...
>
> --
> Elliott Chapin
> http://clients.teksavvy.com/~echapin

Thanks, have done so.  Is there a cmd to refresh the package lists for
the added repo(s).

"yum repolist" shows the list of enabled repo's and their contents in
brief, but I don't think it refreshes the cache/repository metadata.

Jay

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