A repository refers to a data structure, usually stored remotely on a server, that contains files and directories as well as a corresponding historical record of the changes that were applied to the data structure of the repository.
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no default repositories in yum
I am trying to install gtk-murrine-engine on my RedHat Linux Client 5.5 using yum install. It says package not available. It appears that there only exists some local repositories in yum , pertaining ...
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Yum Cannot Retrieve Repository CentOS 6
I just installed CentOS 6. I tried running yum update and was having trouble getting that to work, so I tried yum clean all and now my situation seems even worse than before. Based upon what I pasted ...
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The difference between deb versus deb-src in sources.list
I don't understand the difference between these two lines in my sources.list, please explain:
deb http://mirror.optus.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
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deb-src ...
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Repo source for firmware-linux-nonfree?
Which repository source do I need to add to my sources.list to access the package firmware-linux-nonfree?
I am using Deb 6 testing 32 bit.
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Where can I find a download of Darwin from Apple?
Where can I find a ISO download of Darwin? I downloaded Darwin at one time (even after they stopped releasing the ISOs) off of Apple's website. Unfortunately, I have no idea where the link went. I had ...
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Security hurdles to enabling sources in repo
When I run sudo apt-get update I have the following output:
Hit http://mirror.transact.net.au stable Release.gpg
Ign http://mirror.transact.net.au/debian/ stable/contrib Translation-en
Ign ...
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How to fully sync local repository using Mercurial (bitbucket)
I'm new to VCS and I decided to give Mercurial a try. I signed up for bitbucket and created some repositories. The I created /home/max/hgrepo/ and ran hg clone ...
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Private Debian repository to serve selected packages to selected machines
I have a private Debian repository setup with a few custom built packages (along with other official Debian packages). All my machines have this repository(only) configured in /etc/apt/sources.list. I ...
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Package repository for which Fedora version would be best match for RHEL / CentOS / Scientific Linux 6.0?
I am using Scientific Linux 6.0, which is based on RHEL (RedHat) 6.0. I want to install some package (LXDE), which is present in repositories for Fedora, but which I didn't found either in Scientific ...
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Fedora 15: something weird going on with yum
I am unsuccessfully trying to install some packages in Fedora 15 using yum. Every time I use yum install I get this output:
[ziga@ziga-CQ56 ~]$ sudo yum install yum-fastestmirror
[sudo] password for ...
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apt-get prompts for CDs when installing packages, how do I make it stop?
I used ubuntu linux before, and I installed debian OS on my labtop using DVDs that I burned. But when I'm trying to use apt-get to install software, the system always asks me to insert disk to ...
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Python 2.7 on CentOS 5
Are there any half-official repositories for CentOS 5 with Python 2.7?
EPEL provides only Python 2.6
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Which linux distro's package repositories are secure and which are not?
Most distro's I know have some kind of repository functionality where new packages could be downloaded after installation. Which distros do this in a secure way and which doesn't do this in a secure ...
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What are the different debian package repos?
I know about the ones at http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/README, but there are other ones such as:
security.debian.org
backports.debian.org
archive.debian.org
How many are there? Is there a ...
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Fedora repository release cycle?
I have recently switched from Ubuntu to Fedora but can't seem to understand how the repository release cycle is.
In ubuntu it seemed very OS centered where a new version of a package/program was ...
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Setting up a Gentoo Repository on a Debian Host
I have a debian host, on which i want to setup a private Gentoo Repository for my college. I have started syncing the repository by a simple bash script whose snippet is as follows :
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How to update ubuntu repositories?
I've just downloaded Bodhi Linux which is built on ubuntu 10.04 LTS. ubuntu 10.04 packages seems outdated and i cannot install newer versions of my packages. for example i need to install g++4.6 (to ...
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Can't use yast to install software online — tries to mount a CD
I cannot use yast -i or zypper install in SLES 10; it wants me to insert a SLES 10 SP3 CD, but I don't have one. What should I do?
localhost:~ # zypper install curl-devel
Restoring system sources...
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