On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 03:34:37PM -0000 or thereabouts, Alessandra Forti wrote:
> never mind I've just tried and it works.
For information the directory is both and apt and yum repository.
For information also for people (Imperial) using real Redhat up2date
now supports both yum and apt repos so you do not have to install apt
or yum.
>
> cheers
> alessandra
>
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > so if I put in /etc/yum.conf an entry like:
> >
> > [lcg]
> > name=I don't know
> > baseurl=http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/gis/apt/LCG-2_3_0/en/i386/RPMS.lcg_sl3/
> >
> > and then run
> >
> > yum install lcg-UI
> >
> > it correctly picks lcg-UI.... metapackage and installs all is needed? It
> > doesn't matter that it is an apt repo?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > cheers
> > alessandra
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Steve Traylen wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 11:45:47AM -0000 or thereabouts, Alessandra Forti
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I'm preparing the kickstart for the machines I want to install and I'd
> >>> like to know what is the _minimum_ set of packages required from the OS.
> >>
> >> You should be able to get away with a base install in principal since
> >> all dependencies will be brought in when you grab the middleware.
> >>
> >> I'm using yum here instead of apt-get which is working just fine.
> >>
> >> So the mod to yaim install guide is not run
> >>
> >> /opt/lcg/yaim/scripts/install_node <site-configuration-file>
> >> <meta-package>
> >>
> >> as suggested but instead put the correct entries in /etc/yum.conf
> >> and
> >>
> >> yum install lcg-UI
> >>
> >> for instance.
> >>
> >> If you are happy using apt then of course use the install_node, all it
> >> does is add
> >> the extra apt repositories and run `apt-get install lcg-UI`
> >>
> >>> MON NODE:
> >>> @ SQL Database Server (mysql server...)
> >>
> >> I've not got the MON node yet. It is possible that it needs MySQL 4 but I
> >> don't
> >> know. MySQL 3 is shipped with SL3. The RB will definitely need MySQL but
> >> again I've
> >> yet to do a `yum install lcg-RB` to see what actually happens.
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >>> This is my selection:
> >>>
> >>> ALL NODES:
> >>> @ Development Tools (perl,python....)
> >>> @ System Tools (ldap clients)
> >>>
> >>> CE and SE NODES:
> >>> @ Network Servers (sshd,ldap server...)
> >>>
> >>> MON NODE:
> >>> @ SQL Database Server (mysql server...)
> >>>
> >>> can anybody conferm this is enough?
> >>>
> >>> cheers
> >>> alessandra
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> ********************************************
> >>> * Dr Alessandra Forti *
> >>> * Technical Coordinator - NorthGrid Tier2 *
> >>> * http://www.hep.man.ac.uk/u/aforti *
> >>> ********************************************
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve Traylen
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
> ********************************************
> * Dr Alessandra Forti *
> * Technical Coordinator - NorthGrid Tier2 *
> * http://www.hep.man.ac.uk/u/aforti *
> ********************************************
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