software installation in rhel5

abhattacharya · 07-24-2007, 11:37 AM

hello
i have installed Red Hat Linux 5 in a workstation. i can not install the following softwares:
1)xmgrace
2)xemacs
3)Adobe Reader (tried with tar.gz file from Adobe.com, but some overflow error occurs----didn't work)
please suggest me, and also give the corresponding links from where i can get the softwares.

Lenard · 07-24-2007, 12:32 PM

Quote:

hello
i have installed Red Hat Linux 5 in a workstation. i can not install the following softwares:
1)xmgrace
2)xemacs

Use the Fedora Core 6 extras repo for these packages(note xmgrace is grace), a sample /etc/yum.repos.d/FC6.repo file below;

yum install grace xemacs --enablerepo=fc6-extras

[fc6-base]
name=Fedora Core 6 Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=core-6&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=0

[fc6-updates]
name=Fedora Core 6 Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc6&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=0

[fc6-extras]
name=Fedora Core 6 Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=extras-6&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=0

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3)Adobe Reader (tried with tar.gz file from Adobe.com, but some overflow error occurs----didn't work)

It is on the RHEL5 media and available from RHN as acroread and acroread-plugin.

yum install acroread acroread-plugin

If you use the Adobe.com version you need to apply a patch, see;

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...snt-start.html

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abhattacharya · 07-28-2007, 11:12 AM

THANX a LOT
it works in rhel 5
thnx a lot

Lenard · 07-28-2007, 05:39 PM

Your welcome glad to help.

abhattacharya · 04-28-2008, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lenard

Use the Fedora Core 6 extras repo for these packages(note xmgrace is grace), a sample /etc/yum.repos.d/FC6.repo file below;

yum install grace xemacs --enablerepo=fc6-extras

[fc6-base]
name=Fedora Core 6 Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=core-6&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=0

[fc6-updates]
name=Fedora Core 6 Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-fc6&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=0

[fc6-extras]
name=Fedora Core 6 Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=extras-6&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=0

It is on the RHEL5 media and available from RHN as acroread and acroread-plugin.

yum install acroread acroread-plugin

If you use the Adobe.com version you need to apply a patch, see;

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...snt-start.html

.

Hi earlier your this tips worked beautifully but now it is not. this time it is showing that mirror site is not valid. what to do?

billymayday · 04-28-2008, 04:08 AM

Probably because Fedora Core 6 is out of support. Not much you can do on that front unless you can find the rpms somewhere else - you may need to start installing stuff from source if it's not in RH repos

abhattacharya · 04-28-2008, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by billymayday

Probably because Fedora Core 6 is out of support. Not much you can do on that front unless you can find the rpms somewhere else - you may need to start installing stuff from source if it's not in RH repos

Then from where can i get those softwares? should i go to their official sites and then try? or any other repos can be obtained?

billymayday · 04-28-2008, 04:42 AM

You will probably find that FC 6 repos aren't being maintained as Fedora 9 is about to come out. Note that RHEL5 is based on FC 6 which is why this worked for you before.

What software are you after? There may be RH repos available

abhattacharya · 04-28-2008, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billymayday

You will probably find that FC 6 repos aren't being maintained as Fedora 9 is about to come out. Note that RHEL5 is based on FC 6 which is why this worked for you before.

What software are you after? There may be RH repos available

i need xmgrace and xemacs. please suggest me an way to install both the softwares

billymayday · 04-28-2008, 05:49 AM

Are you installing this on new machines (since you would seem to have installed it above). If so, hopefully the rpms are on the older machines still. Try copying them off to the new machine(s)

billymayday · 04-28-2008, 05:56 AM

From post 2, xmgrace is grace, then it's in epel - see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#howtouse

abhattacharya · 04-29-2008, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billymayday

From post 2, xmgrace is grace, then it's in epel - see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#howtouse

How should i get it from there?
i also need xemacs. For that what should i do?