> > I just thought I will renew our Xen guests with 5.6, and after a fresh > > install, I have been unable to install kernel-xen-devel. I have tried a > > yum clean all with no luck. > > > > I can see the file in the repository: > > > > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/56/x86_64/SL/kernel-xen-d > > evel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.x86_64.rpm > > > > But a yum search does not help. > > > > Aug 09 16:58 [root@ppwn04:yum.repos.d]# yum search kernel-xen-devel > > Excluding Packages in global exclude list > > Finished > > Warning: No matches found for: kernel-xen-devel > > No Matches found > > > > > > How do I know if a a package is really provided by the repository? > > > > I did some tests and it seems this is also happening in SL5.4. The > > package is manually installable, but aparently not with yum. > > Hi, > "yum search" is not the command that you want. That command searches in > the description of a package for the string you give it. It doesn't > search the title of the package at all. > > The command you want is "yum list" and "yum install" > > yum list kernel-xen-devel > > and then > > yum install kernel-xen-devel > > or if you want a specific version, put that on as well > > yum install kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 > > Hope this helps. > Troy Hi Troy, Not much :( Aug 09 16:58 [root@ppwn04:yum.repos.d]# yum install kernel-xen-devel Loaded plugins: kernel-module Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Setting up Install Process No package kernel-xen-devel available. Nothing to do Aug 09 17:42 [root@ppwn04:yum.repos.d]# yum list kernel-xen-devel Loaded plugins: kernel-module Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Error: No matching Packages to list BR/Pablo