How to Enable rpmforge Repository in Rhel/centos 7.x/6.x/5.x

Rpmforge Repository is a utility that's used to install third party software packages under Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHE L) and Community ENTerprise Operating System (CentOS). It provides more than software packages in the RPM format for these Linux distributions.

Rpmforge Repository not a part of the RHEL or CentOS but it's designed to work with these operating systems. The complete list of Rpmforge packages can is fount at http://packages.sw.be/.

Install Rpmforge Repository in RedHat and Centos

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This article gives your a steps to install and enable Rpmforge repository under Rhel/centos 7, 6, 5, 4 systems.

Verifying Rhel/centos is the + bit or the System

We Use the "uname-a" command to verify a system, the whether it is the + bit or the.

The-the-bit system would show i686 i686 i386 gnu/linux and a-bit server shows x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnu/linux.

So, it's very easy-to-verify whether a system is a-or-a-bit using "uname-a" command from the command line shell.

-Bit Rhel/centos

# uname -r
Linux tecmint.com 2.6.32-279.5.2.el6.i686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 23 22:16:48 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

+ Bit Rhel/centos

# uname -r
Linux tecmint.com 2.6.32-279.5.2.el6.i686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 23 22:16:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Installing Rpmforge Repository in Rhel/centos 6/5/4

Download and Install rpmforge repository by selecting appropriate RPM package for your system.

For Rhel/centos 7 Bit

# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el7.rf.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el7.rf.x86_64.rpm

For Rhel/centos 6 32-64 Bit

## RHEL/CentOS 6 32 Bit OS ##
# wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm
# rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm
## RHEL/CentOS 6 64 Bit OS ##
# wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

For Rhel/centos 5 32-64 Bit

## RHEL/CentOS 5 32 Bit OS ##
# wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
# rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
## RHEL/CentOS 5 64 Bit OS ##
# wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

For Rhel/centos 4 32-64 Bit

## RHEL/CentOS 4 32 Bit OS ##
# wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.i386.rpm
# rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.i386.rpm
## RHEL/CentOS 4 64 Bit OS ##
# wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el4.rf.x86_64.rpm

Note:the Rpmforge repository would be installed Under/etc/yum.repod directory as a file Rpmforge.repo.

Importing Rpmforge Repository Key in Rhel/centos 7/6/5/4

Next, you'll need to download and install DAG's GPG key for your system.

# wget http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

Note:the imported GPG key stored under/etc/pki/rpm-gpg directory as a file Rpm-gpg-key-rpmforge-dag.

Installing Packages using Rpmforge Repository in Rhel/centos 7/6/5/4

Let ' s try installing something using Rpmforge repository.

# Yum--enablerepo=rpmforge Install ARIA2

Sample Output:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
rpmforge                                                                                                                                       
Setting up Install Process
Dependencies Resolved
=================================================================================================
Package                         Arch			Version                Repository       Size
=================================================================================================
Installing:
aria2                           i686           1.15.1-1.el6.rf        rpmforge         1.2 M
Installing for dependencies:
nettle                          i686           2.2-1.el6.rf           rpmforge         359 k
Transaction Summary
=================================================================================================
Install       2 Package(s)

So, whenever a new packages is install using Yum command the Rpmforge repository would be included.

Disable rpmforge Repository in Rhel/centos 7/6/5/4

To disable Rpmforge repository simply open the File/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo.

# Vi/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

Change "enabled=1" to "enabled=0". 0 means turn-off and 1 means turn-on.

### Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for RHEL 6 - dag
### URL: http://rpmforge.net/
[rpmforge]
name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/$basearch/rpmforge
mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/mirrors-rpmforge
#mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge
enabled = 0
protect = 0
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag
gpgcheck = 1

How to Enable rpmforge Repository in Rhel/centos 7.x/6.x/5.x