RPM Installation HOWTO

1. Configuration

In order to have access to the APF packages, a new YUM repository must be created. This can be achived downloading the provided *.repo file:

Shell

[root@centos53 ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
[root@centos53 yum.repos.d]# wget http://www.rottmann.it/apf/apf.repo

If you prefer to create the repository at your own, here's the content of the repo file, that must be located within the /etc/yum.repos.d folder:

Shell

[root@centos53 yum.repos.d]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/apf.repo
# Name: Adventure PHP Framework Repository for Red Hat Enterprise 5
# URL: http://adventure-php-framework.org
# Maintainer: Reiner Rottmann ( reiner [at] rottmann . it )
#
[apf]
name = Adventure PHP Framework
baseurl = http://www.rottmann.it/apf/
enabled = 1
protect = 1
gpgkey = http://www.rottmann.it/apf/RPM-GPG-KEY.key
gpgcheck = 1

In order to enable YUM to check the integrity and authenticity of the RPM packages provided, the public key included in the repository must be imported into the RPM database first. This can be done typing rpm --import http://www.rottmann.it/apf/RPM-GPG-KEY.key on the command line.

2. Installation

To get a list of the available packages, use the following command:

Shell

[root@centos53 yum.repos.d]# yum search apf
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de
 * updates: centos.intergenia.de
 * addons: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de
 * extras: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de
=============================== Matched: apf ===============================
nmap-frontend.i386 : Gtk+ frontend for nmap
apf-codepack.noarch : Adventure PHP Framework (apf) apf-codepack
apf-configpack.noarch : Adventure PHP Framework (apf) apf-configpack
apf-demopack.noarch : Adventure PHP Framework (apf) apf-demopack
apf-docs.noarch : Adventure PHP Framework (apf) apf-docs

To install one of above listed packages invoke the yum install command. The subsequent box shows an example installation:

Shell

[root@centos53 yum.repos.d]# rpm --import http://www.rottmann.it/apf/RPM-GPG-KEY.key
[root@centos53 yum.repos.d]# yum install apf-demopack.noarch
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de
 * updates: centos.intergenia.de
 * addons: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de
 * extras: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package apf-demopack.noarch 0:1.10-200909041048 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

============================================================================
 Package            Arch         Version                    Repository
                                                                       Size
============================================================================
Installing:
 apf-demopack       noarch       1.10-200909041048          apf       621 k

Transaction Summary
============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 621 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
apf-demopack-1.10-200909041048.noarch.rpm            | 621 kB     00:01
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : apf-demopack                                      [1/1]

Installed: apf-demopack.noarch 0:1.10-200909041048
Complete!

To un-install a package, do the following:

Shell

[root@centos53 yum.repos.d]# yum remove apf-demopack.noarch
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package apf-demopack.noarch 0:1.10-200909041048 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

============================================================================
 Package           Arch        Version                 Repository      Size
============================================================================
Removing:
 apf-demopack      noarch      1.10-200909041048       installed      1.8 M

Transaction Summary
============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       1 Package(s)

Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Erasing        : apf-demopack                                      [1/1]

Removed: apf-demopack.noarch 0:1.10-200909041048
Complete!

Reiner Rottmann - specialist for LINUX cluster systems

This article was exclusively written for adventure-php-framework.org.

About the author:

Reiner Rottmann, specialist for LINUX cluster systems at Munich RE, has created RPM (RedHat package format) packages of the APF to ease installation on RedHat based LINUX distributions. They are available since version 1.10 and are hosted at a newly created YUM channel. Hence, installation and software distribution is quite easy on RedHat boxes.

Legal notice: the logo depicted on the left side belongs to RedHat and is thus subject to conditions of the legal conditions published on producter's website.

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