How To Add Additional YUM Repositories In CentOS 6.3

Synopsis:

This is a tutorial on how to add 2 additional YUM repositories, RPMForge and EPEL on CentOS 6.3 x64.

Assumptions and Prerequisites: 

• OS: CentOS 6.3 x64.
• Text Editor: vi
• Network is configured and server has Internet access.
• Server Location: Melbourne, Australia

Step-by-Step Instructions:

RPMForge:

1. Import GPG Key for the RPMForge package.

# rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

2. Verify RPM package with GPG Key.

# rpm -K http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

3. Install RPM package for RPMForge YUM repository.

# rpm -i http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

EPEL:

1. Import GPG Key for the EPEL package.

# rpm --import  http://mirror.optus.net/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6

2. Verify RPM package with GPG Key.

# rpm -K http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

3. Install RPM package for EPEL YUM repository.

# rpm -i http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-7.noarch.rpm

Conclusion:

After adding the RPMForge and EPEL YUM Repositories, you can install packages such as "htop" and "nano" via the YUM Package manager.

In order to add the EPEL and RPMForge Repositories for the x86(32 bit), you have to locate and install the 32 bit version from their respective mirrors.