Re: [CentOS-docs] How do I find xyz.rpm for CentOS?

2009-04-25 Thread Sean Gilligan
Alan Bartlett wrote: > no top posting, use bottom posting only Sorry, I have to confess to being a top-poster, I'll remember not to do it on CentOS lists. -- Sean ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/lis

Re: [CentOS-docs] How do I find xyz.rpm for CentOS?

2009-04-25 Thread Sean Gilligan
JohnS wrote: > Post this in the general centos list next time. > Sorry. I'm new to CentOS and I'm trying to learn things through the docs and I would really like to help improve them as I learn. I'll post actual questions to the general list, but when I get answers I'll try to improve the

Re: [CentOS-docs] How do I find xyz.rpm for CentOS?

2009-04-25 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 25/04/2009, Sean Gilligan wrote: > Of course, I'm willing to help update pages once I get wiki write access That will be for to Ralph to attend to -- in due course. Please remember to abide by the CentOS m/l rules -- in particular no top posting, use bottom posting only and to trim yo

[CentOS-docs] How do I find xyz.rpm for CentOS?

2009-04-25 Thread Sean Gilligan
My next question is: "How do I find out if a particular package is available in one of the repositories?" FAQ/General #8 is "Where can I get package XyZ.rpm for CentOS?" and it links to the Repositories page. What I'm looking for is links to directories of each repository or (better still)

Re: [CentOS-docs] How do I find xyz.rpm for CentOS?

2009-04-25 Thread JohnS
Post this in the general centos list next time. On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 10:33 -0700, Sean Gilligan wrote: > My next question is: "How do I find out if a particular package is > available in one of the repositories?" yum search package_name --enablerepo=*\repo_name > FAQ/General #8 is "Where can

Re: [CentOS-docs] contrib repository not mentioned on AdditionalResources/Repositories

2009-04-25 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 25/04/2009, Sean Gilligan wrote: > The 'contrib' repository is mentioned on FAQ/General #13: > > > http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-92ba307b036080a16dbffa44486cde25c081fcca > > but not on the AdditionalResources/Repositories page: > > http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Reposi

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki Access Request for Java How To's

2009-04-25 Thread Sean Gilligan
Phil Schaffner wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 12:25 -0700, Sean Gilligan wrote: ... I noticed this wiki page (http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreateLocalMirror) was recently added. I believe using Cobbler is a valid alternative approach for this, right? Please feel free to add a Cobbler su

[CentOS-docs] contrib repository not mentioned on AdditionalResources/Repositories

2009-04-25 Thread Sean Gilligan
The 'contrib' repository is mentioned on FAQ/General #13: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-92ba307b036080a16dbffa44486cde25c081fcca but not on the AdditionalResources/Repositories page: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories ___

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki Access Request for Java How To's

2009-04-25 Thread Phil Schaffner
On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 12:25 -0700, Sean Gilligan wrote: ... > > I noticed this wiki page > (http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreateLocalMirror) was recently added. > I believe using Cobbler is a valid alternative approach for this, > right? Please feel free to add a Cobbler summary and/or pointers