I am not very familiar with OSCAR 6.x yet, but I can verify that the
$basearch and $releasever variables are filled in by yum when it reads the
config file. You can also hard code them in, but it is more correct to let
the server do it.
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Marion Randall <ranmar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am a chemist, but I need to set up a cluster. I am rather clueless about
> OSCAR and Linux (which is quite a bad combination to be ignorant of in this
> case!), but I have a desire to learn, so please be patient with my foolish
> questions... :-)
>
> I am confused by the concept of "repo's" and " rpm's ". I know I should
> configure YUM according to my network, and I do that from the distro DVD's ?
> Then I also need to add:
>
>
> [oscar]
>
> name= OSCAR for SLES $releasever - $basearch
>
> baseurl=http://oscar.gforge.inria.fr/yum/dists/sles$releasever/$basearch/
>
> http://oscar.gforge.inria.fr/yum/dists/sles$releasever/noarch/
>
> enabled=1
>
> [oscar-source]
>
> name=OSCAR for SLES $releasever - Source
>
> baseurl=http://oscar.gforge.inria.fr/yum/dists/sles$releasever/source/SRPMS/
>
> enabled=0
>
> in the /etc/yum.repos.d/: file, am I right? To give you an indication of
> how clueless I am: where it says "$releasever " in the above, do I type that
> in just like that, or do I replace it with say "10" and "$basearch" with
> "x86_64"?
>
> I also need to copy all the rpm's from my OS installation DVD, hm?
>
> Is there something more I need to do with repo's? Must I also add what is
> mentioned in the InstallGuide Chapter 3.3.1 to the /etc/yum.conf.d directory
> (for my specific distro)? What is the baseurl for SLES if I have to?
>
> I will be using SLES 10. Someone said that I needed to download the
> repo-common and repo-distro for my specific distribution. So will it be okay
> if I download
> oscar-repo-common-rpms-5.1rc1.tar.gz<http://downloads.sourceforge.net/oscar/oscar-repo-common-rpms-5.1rc1.tar.gz?use_mirror=puzzle>
> and
> oscar-repo-suse-10.2-x86_64-5.1rc1.tar.gz<http://downloads.sourceforge.net/oscar/oscar-repo-suse-10.2-x86_64-5.1rc1.tar.gz?use_mirror=surfnet>
> from
>
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=9368&package_id=9438&release_id=608805
> ?
>
> In Chapter 2.4 of the InstallGuide it mentions SELinux, but it seems SuSe
> doesn't have that. Do I need to do something with AppArmor?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rion
>
>
>
> --
> "O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I
> thank God - through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself
> serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin." Rom.7:24-25
>
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