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Since software repositories are on-line storage areas for software for particular Linux distributions, the Linux administrator can enable (add) or disable (remove) additional software repositories. Usually only the basic or "base" repositories are enabled upon Linux installation.
# As root, issue the following command: <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">more /etc/yum.conf</span></code></b># Take a few moments to view the contents of the file. Do you see which repositories are used by the '''yum''' command? Write down the repositories in your lab logbook.# Before adding a repository to the yum.conf file, you need to see which repositories you want to add, and obtain the appropriate URL for those repositories. View the following link to see a general listing of repositories: [ [http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories Available Repositories for Centos] ].
'''Answer Part 1 observations / questions in your lab log book.'''