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Installing TapeTrack Via Repository

Tapetrack can be installed manually by downloading the Linux RPM's available at https://mirror-us.tapetrack.com/ (see Installing TapeTrack), including adding the dependencies glibc.i68, zlib.i686, libstdc++.i686, libssh.i686.

The repository at https://mirror-us.tapetrack.com/repodata/ allows you to download and install both TapeTrack and the required dependencies in an automated process.

Prerequisites

Redhat based Linux operating system:

  • RedHat
  • CentOS
  • Fedora
  • Oracle Linux
  • ClearOS

dnf-plugins-core

Add TapeTrack Repository

Create file for repository /etc/yum.repos.d/tapetrack.repo.

cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/tapetrack.repo <<'EOF'
[tapetrack]
name=Tapetrack Repository
baseurl=https://mirror-us.tapetrack.com/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
repo_gpgcheck=0
metadata_expire=300
EOF

Set permissions

chmod 644  /etc/yum.repos.d/tapetrack.repo

Refresh Meta Data

dnf clean all
dnf makecache

Verify Repository Works

dnf --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="tapetrack" list available

Install TapeTrack

dnf install 'tapetrack*'
technote/linux-repository.1780027770.txt.gz · Last modified: 2026/05/29 04:09 by Scott Cunliffe