Scope/Description

• This article will show how to enable 45drives package repositories in Rocky Linux and Ubuntu environments.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Rocky Linux 8
• CentOS 7/8
• RHEL 7/8

Steps

Rocky Linux

Automated (Replaces Old Repositories)

• Run the repository configuration script which can be found at repos.45drives.com/setup

[root@rocky-45d ~]# curl -sSL https://repo.45drives.com/setup | sudo bash

Manual

• Pull down repository

[root@rocky-45d ~]# curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/45drives.repo https://repo.45drives.com/lists/45drives.repo

Update dnf/yum cache

• Clean and update dnf cache (Rocky Linux)

[root@rocky-45d ~]# dnf clean all && dnf makecache

• Clean and update yum cache (CentOS 7)

[root@centos-45d ~]# yum clean all && yum makecache fast

Ubuntu

Automated (Replaces Old Repositories)

• Run the repository configuration script which can be found at repos.45drives.com/setup

root@ubuntu-45d:~# curl -sSL https://repo.45drives.com/setup | sudo bash

Manual

• Install the repository signing key

root@ubuntu-45d:~# wget -qO - https://repo.45drives.com/key/gpg.asc | apt-key add -

• Pull down repository .sources file

root@ubuntu-45d:~# curl -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/45drives.sources https://repo.45drives.com/lists/45drives.sources

Update apt repository

• Update apt repos

root@ubuntu-45d:~# apt update

Verification

• You are now able to install 45drives packages by pulling them from 45drives repositories.

[root@rocky-45d ~]# dnf install cockpit-file-sharing cockpit-benchmark cockpit-navigator

root@ubuntu-45d:~# apt install cockpit-file-sharing cockpit-benchmark cockpit-navigator

Troubleshooting

• Ensure that you are attempting to curl to the correct local path, and the correct URL.
• Ensure you have external access on the machine you are trying to install the repositories on.

Further Reading

• repos.45drives.com/setup