RHEL6 use yum source of CentOS6

1. Check version of kenel

uname -a

Linux RHEL6 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Nov 10 22:19:54 EST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64

GNU/Linux

2. Download the following rpm package

http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/yum-3.2.29-81.el6.centos.noarch.rpm

http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64.rpm

http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.30-40.el6.noarch.rpm

http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/python-urlgrabber-3.9.1-11.el6.noarch.rpm

http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/python-pycurl-7.19.0-9.el6.x86_64.rpm

3.Remove the following rpm packages(or similar version) in RHEL6

yum-3.2.29-40.el6.noarch

yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64

yum-rhn-plugin-0.9.1-48.el6.noarch

rhn-client-tools-1.0.0.1-16.el6.noarch

rhn-check-1.0.0.1-16.el6.noarch

rhn-setup-1.0.0.1-16.el6.noarch

rhnsd-4.9.3-2.el6.x86_64

subscription-manager-1.9.11-1.el6.x86_64

4. Install the downloaded rpm packages

rpm -ivh package_name

5. Delete original Repo file

cd /etc/yum.repos.d

mv rhel-source.repo rhel-source.repo.bak

6. Create CentOS.repo

[base]

name=CentOS-6 – Base – 163.com

baseurl=http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/os/$basearch/

#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=$basearch&repo=os

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#released updates

[updates]

name=CentOS-6 – Updates – 163.com

baseurl=http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/updates/$basearch/

#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=$basearch&repo=updates

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#additional packages that may be useful

[extras]

name=CentOS-6 – Extras – 163.com

baseurl=http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/extras/$basearch/

#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=$basearch&repo=extras

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages

[centosplus]

name=CentOS-6 – Plus – 163.com

baseurl=http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/centosplus/$basearch/

#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus

gpgcheck=1

enabled=0

gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

#contrib – packages by Centos Users

[contrib]

name=CentOS-6 – Contrib – 163.com

baseurl=http://mirrors.163.com/centos/6/contrib/$basearch/

#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib

gpgcheck=1

enabled=0

gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

7. Clear yum cache and test

yum clean all

yum makecache

yum install httpd

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