Original Source: Centos RPMForge Setup
1. Install priorities plugin for yum
yum install yum-priorities
2. Enable plugins (usually turned on by default)
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf
[main]
enabled=1
3. Edit all the repos.conf
3.1. /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
[base], [updates], [addons] [extras] ... priority=1
[centosplus] [contrib] ... priority=2
3.2. /etc/yum.repos.d/vz.repo
[vz-base] ... priority=3
[vz-updates] ... priority=4
4. Get Dag RPM
wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
5. Import the GPG key for Dag's repo
rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
6. Verify the RPM package
rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.*.rpm
7. Install RPM
rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.*.rpm
8. Reset the RPMForge priority. Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo
[rpmforge]
priority=10
9. Test the setup
yum check-update
