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wiki:repositories:redhat [2013/10/22 12:53]
mikedep333 Fedora 17 no longer available on OBS (F17 is EOL)
wiki:repositories:redhat [2015/06/23 18:33]
ionic Switch from OBS to our package repo.
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 ====== X2Go Packages for Redhat GNU/Linux ====== ====== X2Go Packages for Redhat GNU/Linux ======
-===== Adding the Open Build Service Repo for X2Go =====+===== Adding Our EPEL Packages Repo for X2Go =====
  
 Download the .repo file and save it to the correct location: Download the .repo file and save it to the correct location:
 <code bash> <code bash>
 wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/x2go.repo \ wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/x2go.repo \
- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/RemoteDesktop:/x2go/RHEL_6/X11:RemoteDesktop:x2go.repo+ http://packages.x2go.org/epel/x2go.repo
 </code> </code>
  
-Substitute ''RHEL_6'' by the tag for the distribution you are actually usingAvailable ones are''Fedora_18'', ''RHEL_5'' and ''RHEL_6''. Note that not all of X2Go is provided for RHEL 5/6, as these distributions are very old and therefore more work-intensive to develop for.+Edit the file afterwards to select the repositories you need. 
 + 
 +As a rule of thumb: ''source'' repositories are never needed, unless you want to build packages from source. ''extras'' repositories are always needed. 
 + 
 +By default, the ''release'' repository are enabled and the ''nightly'' repository is disabled. If you want to use the ''nightly'' packagesdisable the ''release'' repository and enable the ''nightly'' repository. 
 + 
 +Note that not all of X2Go may be provided for RHEL 5/6, as these distributions are very old and therefore more work-intensive to develop for.
  
 **Hint:** If you are behind a proxy, make sure the proxy is defined in ''/etc/yum.conf''. Standard yum repos do not use the same connection mechanisms as RHN channels. **Hint:** If you are behind a proxy, make sure the proxy is defined in ''/etc/yum.conf''. Standard yum repos do not use the same connection mechanisms as RHN channels.