The Raven repository is a valuable resource for CentOS, Red Hat, and Fedora users, offering a collection of software packages that might not be available in the default repositories. By adding the Raven repository to your system, you gain access to a broader range of software, ensuring you have the tools you need for any task.
Raven repository is known for its diverse collection of packages, which cater to both everyday users and developers. Some of the notable packages include development tools, multimedia software, and system utilities.
To add Raven repository to your system, you need to install the raven-release package which you first need to download. It's available for Enterprise Linux (CentOS, RHEL, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux) 8 and 9, and only for the x86_64 architecture.
$ sudo dnf install --assumeyes wget Last metadata expiration check: 0:38:21 ago on Thu 31 Aug 2023 12:03:37 AM UTC. Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================ Package Architecture Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: wget x86_64 1.21.1-7.el9 appstream 789 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package Total download size: 789 k Installed size: 3.1 M
$ wget $(echo "https://pkgs.dyn.su/el9/base/x86_64/raven-release.el9.noarch.rpm" | sed "s/el9/el$(rpm -q --queryformat '%{RELEASE}' rpm | grep -oP 'el\K[0-9]+')/g") --2023-08-31 00:42:42-- https://pkgs.dyn.su/el9/base/x86_64/raven-release.el9.noarch.rpm Resolving pkgs.dyn.su (pkgs.dyn.su)... 191.101.33.144 Connecting to pkgs.dyn.su (pkgs.dyn.su)|191.101.33.144|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 9401 (9.2K) [application/x-redhat-package-manager] Saving to: ‘raven-release.el9.noarch.rpm’ raven-release.el9.n 100%[===================>] 9.18K --.-KB/s in 0s 2023-08-31 00:42:43 (85.1 MB/s) - ‘raven-release.el9.noarch.rpm’ saved [9401/9401]
$ sudo rpm -ivh raven-release*.rpm warning: raven-release.el9.noarch.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 2dcd03a2: NOKEY Verifying... ################################# [100%] Preparing... ################################# [100%] Updating / installing... 1:raven-release-1.0-4.el9 ################################# [100%] !!! WARNING !!! You have installed an unofficial repository configuration. Some parts of it may break compatibility with the base packages of your OS, so you use it at YOUR OWN RISK! Unstable and/or conflicting repository parts are not enabled by default, you can use the --enablerepo=raven-extras or --enablerepo=raven-testing option to enable them temporarily.
$ sudo dnf clean all && sudo dnf update --assumeyes 50 files removed CentOS Stream 9 - BaseOS 12 MB/s | 7.8 MB 00:00 CentOS Stream 9 - AppStream 22 MB/s | 18 MB 00:00 CentOS Stream 9 - Extras packages 73 kB/s | 14 kB 00:00 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64 12 MB/s | 18 MB 00:01 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 openh264 3.2 kB/s | 2.5 kB 00:00 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - Next - 1.9 MB/s | 1.3 MB 00:00 Raven's RPM repo for el9-x86_64 - base 649 kB/s | 622 kB 00:00 Raven's RPM repo for el9-x86_64 - multimedia 113 kB/s | 78 kB 00:00 Dependencies resolved. ##### snipped
$ dnf repolist repo id repo name appstream CentOS Stream 9 - AppStream baseos CentOS Stream 9 - BaseOS epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64 epel-cisco-openh264 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 epel-next Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - Next - x86_64 extras-common CentOS Stream 9 - Extras packages raven Raven's RPM repo for el9-x86_64 - base raven-multimedia Raven's RPM repo for el9-x86_64 - multimedia
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