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Repository information for 0.8

The NorduGrid ARC packages are available through YUM and APT repositories for several systems. We have release-based repositories that you can follow. This will keep your install to a particular release of nordugrid arc with only minor bug-fixing updates. You can also choose to follow the repository "latest" which will always point to the latest stable release. For each distribution there are 3 channels (repositories) available:

The testing and experimental repostories are optional while enabling the stable repository is mandatory.

Repository security

The NorduGrid RPM packages and DEB repositories are signed, and in order for the repository tools APT and YUM to verify them you must install the NorduGrid GPG key:

For rpm based distributions like Red Hat and Fedora:

rpm --import http://download.nordugrid.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-nordugrid

For Ubuntu distributions with sudo:

wget -q http://download.nordugrid.org/DEB-GPG-KEY-nordugrid.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

For Debian without sudo:

wget -q http://download.nordugrid.org/DEB-GPG-KEY-nordugrid.asc -O- | apt-key add -

YUM repository configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

The easiest way to configure YUM to use the NorduGrid repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and similar distributions is to install the nordugrid-release package which can be found in the NorduGrid package repository for the appropriate RHEL/EPEL release:

For manual Yum repository setup the Yum configuration file for Red Hat Enterprise Linux should look like:

[nordugrid]
name=NorduGrid - $basearch - base
baseurl=http://download.nordugrid.org/repos/0.8/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/base
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.nordugrid.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-nordugrid

[nordugrid-updates]
name=NorduGrid - $basearch - updates
baseurl=http://download.nordugrid.org/repos/0.8/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/updates
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.nordugrid.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-nordugrid

[nordugrid-testing]
name=NorduGrid - $basearch - testing
baseurl=http://download.nordugrid.org/repos/0.8/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/testing
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.nordugrid.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-nordugrid

Important: The NorduGrid repositories for RedHat Enterprise Linux depends on the EPEL repositories which must also be part of the Yum configuration.

YUM repository configuration for Fedora

The easiest way to configure YUM to use the NorduGrid repository for Fedora is to install the nordugrid-release package which can be found in the NorduGrid package repository for the appropriate Fedora release:

For manual Yum repository setup the Yum configuration file for Fedora should look like:

[nordugrid]
name=NorduGrid - $basearch - stable
baseurl=http://download.nordugrid.org/repos/0.8/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/stable
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.nordugrid.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-nordugrid

[nordugrid-testing]
name=NorduGrid - $basearch - testing
baseurl=http://download.nordugrid.org/repos/0.8/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/testing
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.nordugrid.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-nordugrid

[nordugrid-experimental]
name=NorduGrid - $basearch - experimental
baseurl=http://download.nordugrid.org/repos/0.8/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/experimental
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.nordugrid.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-nordugrid

YUM installation through yum groups

You can use yum groupinstall feature when installing ARC server and client:

yum groupinstall "ARC Server"
yum groupinstall "ARC Client"

In graphical interfaces to Yum, these groups will appear in the "Grid" section. You can find the package lists on the groups page.

APT sources configuration

The NorduGrid ARC repositories for Debian and Ubuntu packaging utility APT can be configured through: 
/etc/apt/sources.list
or when supported through a repo specific file: 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordugrid.list

The configurations for the varios APT based distributions can be found in the following sections. To enable a specific repository, remove the '#' from the beginning of the line, before the "deb" as shown for the Base Channel. Run the following command to update the packages database: 

apt-get update
Install the packages with: 
 apt-get install <list of package names>

Please refer to the installation guide for package selection.

Repository information for Debian

Repository information for Ubuntu

Page last modified: 2012-04-30 10:15
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