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The yum configuration file or yum repository configuration files can contain one or more sections that define repositories.
The following table lists the basic directives for a repository.
Directive | Description |
|---|---|
|
Location of the repository channel (expressed as a
|
| If set to 1, permit yum to use the channel. |
| Descriptive name for the repository channel. This directive must be specified. |
Any other directive that appears in this section overrides the
corresponding global definition in [main]
section of the yum configuration file. See the
yum.conf(5) manual page for more information.
The following listing shows an example repository section from a configuration file.
[ol6_u2_base] name=Oracle Linux 6 U2 - $basearch - base baseurl=https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/2/base/$basearch gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY gpgcheck=1 enabled=1
In this example, the values of gpgkey and
gpgcheck override any global setting.
yum substitutes the name of the current
system's architecture for the variable
$basearch.
yum automatically searches the
/etc/yum.repos.d directory for files with the
suffix .repo and appends these to the
configuration when it is processing. Use this directory to
define repository files for repositories that you want to make
available.