[repository
]
sections, where repository
is a unique repository ID such as my_personal_repo
(spaces are not permitted), allow you to define individual Yum repositories.
[repository
]
section takes:
[repository
] name=repository_name
baseurl=repository_url
[repository
]
section must contain the following directives:
name
=repository_name
repository_name
is a human-readable string describing the repository.
baseurl
=repository_url
repository_url
is a URL to the directory where the repodata directory of a repository is located:
http://path/to/repo
ftp://path/to/repo
file:///path/to/local/repo
username
:password
@link
. For example, if a repository on http://www.example.com/repo/ requires a username of “user” and a password of “password”, then the baseurl
link could be specified as http://user
:password
@www.example.com/repo/
.
baseurl=http://path/to/repo/releases/$releasever/server/$basearch/os/
$releasever
, $arch
, and $basearch
variables in URLs. For more information about Yum variables, refer to Section 4.3.3, “Using Yum Variables”.
[repository
]
directive is the following:
enabled
=value
value
is one of:
0
— Do not include this repository as a package source when performing updates and installs. This is an easy way of quickly turning repositories on and off, which is useful when you desire a single package from a repository that you do not want to enable for updates or installs.
1
— Include this repository as a package source.
--enablerepo=repo_name
or --disablerepo=repo_name
option to yum
, or through the Add/Remove Software window of the PackageKit utility.
[repository
]
options exist. For a complete list, refer to the [repository] OPTIONS
section of the yum.conf(5) manual page.