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--- enable_repos_alma_linux_yum [2023/10/10 19:54] – walkeradmin
+++ enable_repos_alma_linux_yum [2023/10/10 20:08] (current) – walkeradmin
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-====== Enable Repos Alma Linux Yum ======
+====== Enable Repos Alma Linux Yum (yum-config-manager) ======
-<color #db5f0b>May 2023</color>
+<color #db5f0b>Oct 2023</color>
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 rt-debuginfo                    AlmaLinux 8 - Real Time Debuginfo                 disabled
 </file>
-if you get an error, due to the software not being available, you can install it by using:
+if you get an error (command not found), due to the software not being available, you can install it by using:
     yum install yum-utils
 This should install as shown below:
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 Complete!
 </file>
+Now the repositories can be enabled using the package manger yum, first test that yum-config-manager is working:
+    yum-config-manager --version
+You should get a valid response similar to the following:
+<file>
+.7.0
+  Installed: dnf-0:4.7.0-11.el8.alma.noarch at Tue 08 Aug 2023 12:43:43 PM GMT
+  Built    : AlmaLinux Packaging Team <packager@almalinux.org> at Wed 12 Oct 2022 09:46:34 AM GMT
+  Installed: rpm-0:4.14.3-24.el8_7.x86_64 at Tue 08 Aug 2023 12:42:46 PM GMT
+  Built    : AlmaLinux Packaging Team <packager@almalinux.org> at Wed 09 Nov 2022 03:50:55 PM GMT
+</file>
+Now repositories can be enabled, for our servers the following should be enabled:
+    yum-config-manager --enable appstream baseos extras
+This will enable the following repositories:
+<file>
+repo id                         repo name                                         status
+appstream                       AlmaLinux 8 - AppStream                           enabled
+baseos                          AlmaLinux 8 - BaseOS                              enabled
+extras                          AlmaLinux 8 - Extras                              enabled
+</file>
+\\
+\\
+Now you can install software and other repos as required.
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