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Developers can use the Yum package management tool to install rMake RPM packages for various RPM-based distributions. rPath's Yum repository is located at http://yum.rpath.com. rPath recommends configuring the Yum installation to pull from the rPath Yum repository appropriate for the RPM-based distribution.

   RPMS for rMake are out of date. Therefore, please use them at your won risk as they may be unusable or have out dated dependencies.

Obtain and Configure rMake for a Particular Distribution

Use the following sections for reference.

Fedora Core Releases

Put the following content in a file named rpath.repo inside your system's /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory:

[rpath]
name=rPath Repository for Fedora $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://yum.rpath.com/fedora-$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
Image:Bulbgraph.png   Note: Copy the contents into the file verbatim; do not substitute $releasever or $basearch - yum will do the right thing

You will also need to make sure that you have the Fedora Extras repository enabled. Please check your /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-extras.repo and make sure that the [extras] repository is set as enabled=1. For example:

[extras]
name=Fedora Extras $releasever - $basearch
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/$releasever/$basearch/
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-extras-$releasever
enabled=1
...

CentOS 4

Put the following content in a file named rpath.repo inside your system's /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory:

[rpath]
name=rPath Repository for CentOS $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://yum.rpath.com/centos-$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgCheck=0
Image:Bulbgraph.png   Note: Copy the contents into the file verbatim; do not substitute $releasever or $basearch - yum will do the right thing

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

TBD

Install rMake

After obtaining and configuring rMake, install rMake with the following command:

$> yum install rmake

The Yum installation resolves dependencies and pulls in additional required packages for rMake.