Re: how to install yum in RH enterprise ??

On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 09:41:55AM -0500, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 06:12:57AM -0700, Leuy Eeelyu wrote:
> > Beside may I know whether I can use yum to replace up2date to update
> > the EL system without paying the RHN Fees that required by up2date?  
> 
> No.  The binaries are not freely distributable.  The only place you'll
> find RHEL binaries is on RHN for which a subscription is required.

Exactly. yum/apt/smart for RHEL3/4 are rather useless w/o having an
appropriate source. The only openly available sources are third party
repos.

You can argue that therefore these depsolvers are of no use to
RHEL3/4, but users can either use a mixed depsolver setup (access Red
Hat bits through RHN, 3rd parties through yum/smart/apt) or access
everything though a locally created repo.

> > Now, the subcription has expired, so if yum is installed in EL, I can
> > just use "yum update all" as in FC to update the EL system right ?

No, yum is just a tool, not a content provider.

> > Then why need to pay the RHN fees for EL?   Why yum is installed in FC
> > but not in EL ?  

Because yum cannot access RHN content (yet?). You don't pay for
up2date as a program but for the availability of the packages through
RHN. Just like you don't pay for a browser, but for the content that
is displayed through it.
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