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I recently installed RHEL6 and not able to run man. please check results below and advice any solution?

Code:

[root@RHEL01 bin]# man man
bash: man: command not found
[root@RHEL01 bin]# rpm -q man
package man is not installed
[root@RHEL01 bin]# rpm -q man-pages
man-pages-3.22-12.el6.noarch
[root@RHEL01 bin]# yum install man
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
No package man available.
Error: Nothing to do
[root@RHEL01 bin]# yum install man-pages
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Setting up Install Process
Nothing to do

Post output of:

Code:

yum repolist

RHEL6 is a subscription based distribution. If you have not paid for a subscription, you cannot download additional packages from RHN. If you want a free equivalent version, use CentOS 6.

# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
repolist: 0

thanks bartus11 & fpmurphy.

anyway to crack and download these packages without subscription?

well use CentOS 6 instead

Even if I knew I would not tell you. This forum does not condone illegal behavior.

Clearly your purchasing department is not keeping up with your system administrators. If you need to install additional packages from the RHEL6 distribution that you have installed, but do not yet have the subscription details that have already been purchased, you can always create a local repository using the installation DVD and nothing more than a simple webserver, such as Apache.

Step 1> Copy contents of RHEL6 ISO to a sub-directory on your webserver. Eg. /var/www/html/repos/rhel6/

Step 2> Start webserver and ensure the directory from step 1 is served. Eg. http : //queenannes.revenge.com/repos/rhel6/

Step3> Create a new repository config file on your various servers that need packages. Eg. '/etc/yum.repos.d/queenannesrevenge.repo', with contents:

Code:

[queenannesrevenge]
name=Blackbeards Network Repository for RHEL6 $releasever . $basearch
baseurl=http://queenannes.revenge.com/repos/rhel6/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Step 4> Issue a 'yum install man-pages' and watch the magic happen.

Next step is for you to convert your farm to CentOS so that the slow-boats in the purchasing department are no longer shivering your timbres.

Arrrrr,
forq