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→Checking status of installed repositories
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==Adding new software ==
==Adding new software ==
New software should be installed from RPM<br>
New software should be installed from RPMs<br>
Red Hat or Centos Version .el4 rpms should be compatible<br>
Red Hat or Centos Version .el4 rpms should be compatible for SME7, use .el5 for SME8 and .el6 for SME9.<br>
Often these rpms are configured with a SME Server intergration rpm.
Often these rpms are configured with a SME Server integration rpm.
===Packages available===
===Packages available===
User contributed documentation is located in [[:Category:Contrib]].
Packages are available in the smecontribs repository or other individuals repositories.
===Installing software===
===Installing software===
SME Server has an option to install software using the Software Installer option in the server-manager, after enabling 'Manage Individual Packages' you can install rpms from enabled repositories and if you know exactly what you are doing, you can also remove rpms.
SME Server has an option to install software using the Software Installer option in the server-manager, after enabling 'Manage Individual Packages' you can install rpms from enabled repositories and if you know exactly what you are doing, you can also remove rpms.
From SME Server 7.2 you can restrict the software that is shown in the 'Software Installer' - 'Available packages' dialog. Use this to hide software that we don't want: eg desktop software such as openoffice from the centos repositories.
From SME Server 7.2 you can restrict the software that is shown in the 'Software Installer' - 'Available packages' dialog. Use this to hide software that you don't want: eg desktop software such as openoffice from the centos repositories.
At a command line as root you can allow one or more terms that are contained in the repository name
config setprop yum RestrictRepo sme,dungog
config setprop yum RestrictRepo sme,dungog
With everyone having yum repositories set up the same way, Howto authors can now use instructions like:
With everyone having yum repositories set up the same way, Howto authors can now use instructions like:
yum --enablerepo=dag install dansguardian
yum --enablerepo=dag install packagename
====Localinstall====
To install an RPM already on your system you can also use yum to install:
yum localinstall /path/to/packagename.rpm
To satisfy dependencies you can enable or disable other repositories using the --enablerepo=xxx or the --disablerepo=xxx option.
{{Note box|msg=Using yum will run other actions such as updating server-manager menus, that rpm -Uvh will not!}}
===Yum Repositories===
===Yum Repositories===
Yum repositories on SME Server are to be configured by the internal configuration database. Repositories are stored in the yum_repositories database. The yum configuration file, located at /etc/yum.conf holds the actual configuration and is generated using the data in the yum_repositories database.
Yum repositories on SME Server are to be configured by the internal configuration database. Repositories are stored in the yum_repositories database. The yum configuration file, located at /etc/yum.conf holds the actual configuration and is generated using the data in the yum_repositories database.
====Checking status of installed repositories====
To check which repositories are installed and their status do
/sbin/e-smith/audittools/repositories
On an unmodified sme server only the following are enabled
base: enabled
smeaddons: enabled
smeextras: enabled
smeos: enabled
smeupdates: enabled
updates: enabled
Any other repository that is installed and listed should have a status of disabled.
This is to prevent the inadvertant and potentially undesirable update of packages.
To update packages from other repos, use the --enablerepo=reponame switch in the yum update command eg
yum update --enablerepo=dag
which will also bring in any rpm updates from the dag repo (only for packages that are already installed on your system). See more details below.
====Installing or modifying a repository====
====Installing or modifying a repository====
For the syntax of modifying or adding see the examples below in the 3rd-Party Yum Repositories setup section. For more details on the configuration database and how to work with it you can have a look at the [http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/gordonr/devguide/html/book1.htm SME Server Developer's Guide].
For the syntax of modifying or adding see the examples below in the 3rd-Party Yum Repositories setup section. For more details on the configuration database and how to work with it see the [SME_Server:Documentation SME Server Developer's Guide].
After adding or modifying the yum_repositories database you will have to make sure you regenerate the configuration file using the following command:
After adding or modifying the yum_repositories database you will have to make sure you regenerate the configuration file using the following command:
signal-event yum-modify
====Options for the yum_repositories database====
====Options for the yum_repositories database====
The repositories for SME Server are configured using the internal yum-repositories configuration database. There are several options that can be set for every repository:
The repositories for SME Server are configured using the internal yum-repositories configuration database. There are several options that can be set for every repository:
Visible yes|no - yes displays in server manager
*Visible yes|no - yes displays in server manager
status enabled|disabled - disabled are ignored unless specified with --enablerepo=
*status enabled|disabled - disabled are ignored unless specified with --enablerepo=
Exclude - don't fetch these rpms
*Exclude=xxx,yyy - don't fetch these rpms
IncludePkgs - only fetch these rpms
*IncludePkgs=xxx,yyy - only fetch these rpms
====3rd-Party Yum Repositories setup====
====3rd-Party Yum Repositories setup====
A list of repositories for SME Server is available in [[:Category:Yum Repository]].
A list of repositories for SME Server is available in [[:Category:Yum Repository]].
If you use the commands below to add 3rd party yum repositories, they will be added to the yum-repositories database, but not enabled by default, so this will not affect automatic yum upgrades. It only adds options for running yum manually. They are also set up to block you from installing RPMs that exist already in SME Server 7.0.
If you use the commands below to add 3rd party yum repositories, they will be added to the yum-repositories database, but not enabled by default, so this will not affect automatic yum upgrades. It only adds options for running yum manually.
To reflect the changes in the database you will have to regenerate the yum.conf file:
To reflect the changes in the database you will have to regenerate the yum.conf file:
signal-event yum-modify
{{Warning box|msg=Be sure to never set the status of one of these repositories to enabled as this imposes the risk of installing newer versions SME Server core packages which might brake your server. If you want to install software from them you can enable them using the SME Server shell and the yum option --enablerepo=reponame.}}
{{Warning box|msg=Be sure to never set the status of one of these repositories to enabled as this imposes the risk of installing newer versions SME Server core packages which might break your server. If you want to install software from them you can enable them using the SME Server shell and the yum option --enablerepo=reponame.}}
Below are a few repositories, for which the configuration can be copied to the SME Server shell to install them on your server. The lines are long, but it it so you can cut and paste into your ssh client. Also note you shouldn't enable these repositories, they should just be used at the command line with "yum install", and not with "yum upgrade".
Below are a few repositories, for which the configuration can be copied to the SME Server shell to install them on your server. The lines are long, but it so you can cut and paste into your ssh client. Also note you shouldn't enable these repositories, they should just be used at the command line with "yum install", and not with "yum upgrade".
If a site has a RPM-GPG-KEY you have to install it first with a line such as.
If a site has a RPM-GPG-KEY you have to install it first with a line such as.
Now you have a clean install, you can re-add 3rd party repos as described above <br>
Now you have a clean install, you can re-add 3rd party repos as described above <br>
signal-event yum-modify
and check
and check
yum update
yum update
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