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--- wiki:repositories:epel [2016/10/31 03:45]
ionic Rework the official EPEL repository text a bit.
+++ wiki:repositories:epel [2017/12/12 08:29] (current)
ionic Add instructions for Saimaa ESR.
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 ====== X2Go Packages for Redhat Enterprise Linux and Derivatives ======
-<note warning>Do not mix-and-match packages from the official EPEL repository with packages from the X2Go EPEL repository. Due to differing version number schemes, you will indefinitely run into problems. If you **really** need to switch between repositories, make sure to uninstall all X2Go packages first.</note>
+<note warning>Do not mix-and-match packages from the official EPEL repository with packages from the X2Go EPEL repository. Due to differing version number schemes, you will definitely run into problems. If you **really** need to switch between repositories, make sure to uninstall all X2Go packages first.</note>
 Select one approach listed here, thus either the official (downstream) EPEL packages repository, or our X2Go EPEL repository and stick to it.
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 <note>The X2Go Project can not provide complete support for these packages. While the current downstream EPEL maintainer is part of the [[doc:organigram|X2Go development team]], X2Go developers generally do not have access to the official EPEL repository. Problems are best handled downstream.</note>
-Now you can search for X2Go related package that are now available for your system via ''yum'' or dnf'', whatever is most appropriate for your system:
+Now you can search for X2Go related packages that are now available for your system via ''yum'' or ''dnf'', whatever is most appropriate for your system:
 <code bash>
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 <code bash>
 wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/x2go.repo \
- http://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo
+ https://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo
 </code>
-For reference, the file will also be inlined here, with the original information being available on [[http://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo]]:
+For reference, the file will also be inlined here, with the original information being available on [[https://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo]]:
-{{url>http://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo 720px|EPEL X2Go repository definition file}}
+{{url>https://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo 720px|EPEL X2Go repository definition file}}
 ==== Customization ====
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 By default, the ''release''-labeled repository is enabled and the ''nightly''-tagged repository is disabled. If you want to use the unreleased, more up-to-date packages, disable the ''release''-labeled repository and enable the ''nightly''-tagged repository.
+To use Saimaa ESR, enable the ''saimaa''-labeled repository and disable the ''release''- or ''nightly''-tagged repositories.
 Note that not all of X2Go may be provided for RHEL/EPEL 5/6, as these distributions are very old and therefore more work-intensive to develop for.
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 ==== Post-Addition Test ====
-Now you can search for X2Go related package that are now available for your system via ''yum'' or ''dnf'', whatever is appropriate for your system:
+Now you can search for X2Go related packages that are now available for your system via ''yum'' or ''dnf'', whatever is appropriate for your system:
 <code bash>

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