[Yum] RHEL 5.7 yum conf? ('yum grouplist' failing)

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

On 12/28/2011 09:37 PM, yum at trodman.com wrote:
> I have root access (2+ yrs of Centos experience),
> but I'm new to RHEL. It's possible this is "basic"..:
>
> Pls consider:
>
>    [root at ourhost01 ~]# lsb_release -a
>    LSB Version:    :core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-ia32:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-ia32:printing-4.0-noarch
>    Distributor ID: RedHatEnterpriseServer
>    Description:    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.7 (Tikanga)
>    Release:        5.7
>    Codename:       Tikanga
>    [root at ourhost01 ~]# uname -a
>    Linux ourhost01.ourbiz.local 2.6.18-274.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jul 8 17:36:59 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>    [root at ourhost01 ~]# yum repolist all
>    Loaded plugins: security
>    repo id                  repo name                                                    status
>    base-local               Redhat 5.6                                                   enabled: 3,357
>    rhel-debuginfo           Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Server - x86_64 - Debug            disabled
>    rhel-debuginfo-beta      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Server Beta - x86_64 - Debug       disabled
>    rhel-source              Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Server - Source                    disabled
>    updates-local            Redhat 5Server - x86_64 - Updates                            disabled
>    repolist: 3,357
>    --snip: is the soln as simple as enabling all or some of the disabled repos?
>    --snip: why is "base-local" labeled '5.6' not '5.7'?
>    [root at ourhost01 ~]# yum info yum
>    Loaded plugins: security
>    Installed Packages
>    Name       : yum
>    Arch       : noarch
>    Version    : 3.2.22
>    Release    : 37.el5
>    Size       : 3.3 M
>    Repo       : installed
>    Summary    : RPM installer/updater
>    URL        : http://yum.baseurl.org/
>    License    : GPLv2+
>    Description: Yum is a utility that can check for and automatically download and
>               : install updated RPM packages. Dependencies are obtained and downloaded
>               : automatically prompting the user as necessary.
>
>    [root at ourhost01 ~]# yum update
>    Loaded plugins: security
>    Skipping security plugin, no data
>    Setting up Update Process
>    No Packages marked for Update
>    [root at ourhost01 ~]# yum grouplist
>    Loaded plugins: security
>    Setting up Group Process
>    Error: No group data available for configured repositories
>    [root at ourhost01 ~]# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
>    Loaded plugins: security
>    Setting up Group Process
>    Warning: Group Development Tools does not exist.
>    No packages in any requested group available to install or update
>    [root at ourhost01 ~]# ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d
>    total 12
>    -rw-r--r-- 1 ouradmin0 ouradmin0 349 Dec 15 18:12 localrepo.repo
>    -rw-r--r-- 1 root      root      561 Jun 29 03:23 rhel-debuginfo.repo
>    -rw-r--r-- 1 root      root      222 Jun 29 03:23 rhel-source.repo
>
> Note my comments after the '--snip' string above.
>
> Is yum configured normally, ie is there something obviously wrong?
>
> What might be done to allow the 'yum update', and 'yum groupinstall'
> commands to work.
>
> I'm unfamiliar w/RHEL repos, and disabling/enabling repos.
>
> *Thanks* much for any suggestions.
>
> --
> Tom
>
> --
> I'm not the primary administrator for this 'dev' server.
>
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Give us for starters output of:
yum repolist
yum list \*release\*



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