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CentOS 5: Installing rpmforge
Problem:
How do I install rpmforge repositories in CentOS 5?
 
Solution:
Install DAG GPG key

wget http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt # download DAG GPG key
rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt # import the key
rm RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt # clean up after ourselves


Install yum-priorities

yum install yum-priorities


Download and install package (i386 - 32bit)

wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm # install the rpmforge yum repo
rm rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm # clean up after ourselves


Download and install package (x86_64 - 64bit)

wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uhv rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm # install the rpmforge yum repo
rm rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm # clean up after ourselves


Set priorities

vim /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
[base] or [updates] or [addons] or [extras]
priority=1
[centosplus]
priority=2
vim /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo
[rpmforge]
priority=10

 
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