Installing the RPM Package from the Mirror Site

The following describes how to install Greenplum using the RPM package of the mirror site. Adjust the installation operations based on the server environment and network conditions.

• The binary packages provided by the Kunpeng mirror site are packaged based on the content about CentOS in Greenplum Porting Guide and do not contain vulnerabilities or bug fixes.
• When using open source software, comply with the applicable license agreements.

To install the RPM package from the mirror site, the server must be able to access the Internet.

• Method 1: If the server cannot access the Internet, download the RPM package from the mirror site and upload it to the target path on the server. In the target path, run the commands for installing the RPM package to install Greenplum.

  Table 1 URLs of RPM packages at the mirror site

  Version	RPM Package URL	Command for Installing the RPM Package
  Greenplum 5.11.3	https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/kunpeng/yum/el/8/aarch64/Packages/database/greenplum-5.11.3-1.el8.aarch64.rpm	rpm -ivh greenplum-5.11.3-1.el8.aarch64.rpm --nodeps
  Greenplum 6.0.0	https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/kunpeng/yum/el/7/aarch64/Packages/database/gpdb-6.0.0-1.el7.aarch64.rpm	rpm -ivh gpdb-6.0.0-1.el7.aarch64.rpm --nodeps
  Greenplum 6.12.1	https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/kunpeng/yum/el/8/aarch64/Packages/database/greenplum-6.12.1-1.el8.aarch64.rpm	rpm -ivh greenplum-6.12.1-1.el8.aarch64.rpm --nodeps

• Method 2: If the server can access the Internet, perform the following operations to install Greenplum.

  This section uses Greenplum 6.0.0 as an example. You can also refer to this section for Greenplum of other versions.

  1. Clear the cache.

     1	yum clean all

  2. Cache the software package information in the yum source to the local drive.

     1	yum makecache

  3. Install the RPM package of Greenplum from the mirror site.

     1	yum -y install gpdb-6.0.0-1.el7.aarch64 --enablerepo=kunpeng

     

  4. Check the installed RPM package.

     1	rpm -qa | grep gpdb