The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
The yum-utils package includes several
utilities that can help you to manage configuration and apply
updates safely to your existing configuration. Most significant
of these is yum-config-manager.
To install the yum-utils package:
# yum install -y yum-utilsYou can use yum-config-manager to add repositories either at a specified URL, or within a specified repository file. For example, to add the legacy repository configuration file for Oracle Linux 6 from the Oracle Linux yum server:
# yum-config-manager --add-repo https://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repoThe legacy repository configuration file is unmaintained and deprecated. The information in this file may not be current and newer repositories may not be listed.
You can use the same command to automatically generate a
repository configuration file for a valid yum repository, by
pointing to the URL where the repository is hosted. For example,
to create a new configuration file in
/etc/repos.d for the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 repository. run:
# yum-config-manager --add-repo https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/UEKR4/x86_64
To enable a repository using
yum-config-manager, use the
--enable option. For example, to enable the
ol6_addons repository, run:
# yum-config-manager --enable ol6_addons
You can use the --disable option in a similar
way to disable a repository.
The yum-config-manager tool can also be used
to set other configuration options using the
--setopt and --save
options. See the yum-config-manager(1) manual
page for more information.
For a list of the tools included in the yum-utils package and a
description of what these tools can do, see the
yum-utils(1) manual page for more
information.