Public YUM Server

Oracle has a public yum server which offers a free and convenient way to install packages from the Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM installation media via a yum client.

Oracle Enterprise Linux 4, Update 6 or Newer

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# mv Oracle-Base.repo Oracle-Base.repo.disabled
# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el4.repo

Oracle Enterprise Linux 5

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo

Oracle Enterprise Linux 6

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo

Oracle VM 2

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ovm2.repo

Enable the appropriate repository by editing the yum configuration file

* Open the yum configuration file in a text editor
* Locate the section in the file for the repository you plan to update from, e.g. [el4_u6_base]
* Change enabled=0 to enabled=1

Test with

yum list