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Scientific Linux CERN 5 software repositories

System software repository

Access: Internal CERN and External Network.
Support: SUPPORTED by Linux.Support@cern.ch
Location:
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc5X/ [i386] [x86_64] [ia64]
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc5X/updates/ [i386] [x86_64] [ia64]
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc5X/extras/ [i386] [x86_64] [ia64]
Configuration: 
/etc/yum.repos.d/slc5-os.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/slc5-updates.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/slc5-extras.repo
DO NOT DISABLE in your configuration. (system updates are coming from this repository). Contains ~ 2300 packages. Configured in /etc/yum.repos.d/slc5*repo to take precedence over additional repositories listed below.

Non-freely distributable software repository

Access: Internal CERN Network.
Support: SUPPORTED by Linux.Support@cern.ch
Location:
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/onlcern/slc5X/ [i386] [x86_64] [ia64]
Configuration: 
/etc/yum.repos.d/slc5-cernonly.repo
Not enabled in default configuration. Contains ~ 20 packages. This repository contains various packages that cannot be freely distributed outside of CERN due to license constraints (as Oracle Instant Client or Sun Java) and also some packages which depend on them (as php-oci8).

Testing repository

Access: Internal CERN and External Network.
Support: SUPPORTED by Linux.Support@cern.ch
Location:
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc5X/updates/testing/ [i386] [x86_64] [ia64]
Configuration: 
/etc/yum.repos.d/slc5-testing.repo
Not enabled in default configuration.NOT RECOMMENDED for production systems.This repository contains packages that are expected to be released as updates in the next few days. Your help in validating that these function properly and do not break your environment is appreciated.Please subscribe to linux-announce-test@cern.ch if you use this repository.
Warning: Packages from this repository may occasionally be broken and may require manual intervention.

Additional software repository: EPEL

Access: Internal CERN and External Network.
Support: SUPPORTED by Linux.Support@cern.ch
Location:
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/epel/ [i386] [x86_64]
Configuration: 
/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
Enabled in default configuration. This is a mirror of Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository (see: EPEL)

Additional software repository: DAG (RPMFusion)

Access: Internal CERN and External Network.
Support: NOT SUPPORTED provided AS-IS.
Location:
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/dag/redhat/el5/ [i386] [x86_64]
Configuration: 
/etc/yum.repos.d/dag.repo
This is a nightly mirror of http://dag.wieers.com repository of additional software compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
(therefore also with SLC5).Contains ~ 1400 packages.

Additional software repository: JPackage

Access: Internal CERN and External Network.
Support: NOT SUPPORTED provided AS-IS.
Location:
http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/jpackage/
Configuration: 
/etc/yum.repos.d/jpackage.repo
This is a nightly mirror of http://jpackage.org repository of additional software compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
(therefore also with SLC5).