How to Configure RPMforge Repository on CentOS 6.3

RPMforge repository is a collaboration of Dag, Dries, and other packagers. The default RPMforge repository does not replace any CentOS base packages. This post covers the steps to configure RPMforge repository on linux CentOS 6.3. This steps has been tested on CentOS 6.3 and should be working on Redhat linux Enterprise 6.
1. Download the rpmforge-release package and DAG’s GPG key :

[root@centos63 ~]# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm [root@centos63 ~]# wget http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

2. Install DAG’s GPG key :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt

3. Verify the rpmforge-release package that you have downloaded :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK

4. If ok, proceed to install the rpmforge-release package using this command :

[root@centos63 ~]# rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]    1:rpmforge-release       ########################################### [100%]

5. Proceed to configure RPMforge repository. Open the RPMforge configuration file and insert “priority=3″ after “enabled = 1″ in the [rpmforge] section as below :

[root@centos63 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

### Name: RPMforge RPM Repository for RHEL 6 - dag ### URL: http://rpmforge.net/ [rpmforge] name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/$basearch/rpmforge mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/mirrors-rpmforge #mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge enabled = 1 priority = 3 protect = 0 gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag gpgcheck = 1   [rpmforge-extras] name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - extras baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/$basearch/extras mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/mirrors-rpmforge-extras #mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge-extras enabled = 0 protect = 0 gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag gpgcheck = 1   [rpmforge-testing] name = RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - testing baseurl = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/$basearch/testing mirrorlist = http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/mirrors-rpmforge-testing #mirrorlist = file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-rpmforge-testing enabled = 0 protect = 0 gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag gpgcheck = 1

6. Check the updated repository list in /etc/yum.repos.d using the following command :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum repolist Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile  * base: mirrors.hostemo.com  * extras: mirrors.hostemo.com  * rpmforge: mirror.oscc.org.my  * updates: mirrors.hostemo.com repo id                                    repo name                                          status CentOS6.3-Repository                       DVD-CentOS6.3 repository                           4,776 base                                       CentOS-6 - Base                                    4,776 extras                                     CentOS-6 - Extras                                      4 rpmforge                                   RHEL 6 - RPMforge.net - dag                        4,448 updates                                    CentOS-6 - Updates                                   202 repolist: 14,206

7. You can start using RPMforge Repository on your RHEL 6 or CentOS 6 linux server :

[root@centos63 ~]# yum install clamd -y