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Using EuroLinux 7 from vaulted repositories

EuroLinux 7 EOL 2024-06-30

EuroLinux 7 reached its end of life on 2024-06-30. It means no further updates, including security updates, will be available. We strongly recommend upgrading to EuroLinux 8 or later as soon as possible. However, you may still need to use the older version for development, legacy, and compatibility reasons.

EuroLinux 7 vault

Using the following gist is a straightforward way to access the EuroLinux 7 vault:

Or manually add the following to /etc/yum.repos.d/eurolinux-7-vault-repos.repo:

[eurolinux7-base]
name=Eurolinux 7 Base Vault
baseurl=https://vault.cdn.euro-linux.com/legacy/eurolinux/7/7.9/os/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7

[eurolinux7-updates]
name=Eurolinux 7 Updates Vault
baseurl=https://vault.cdn.euro-linux.com/legacy/eurolinux/7/7.9/updates/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7

The GPG key should be available in the system, but if it is not, you can add it with the following:

curl -o /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7 https://fbi.cdn.euro-linux.com/security/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7

EuroLinux 7.8 and 7.7

As a bonus, you could also use even older versions of EuroLinux 7.8 and 7.7, which contain only updates up to the last minor release of the given version. Sample content of the .repo files are below:

For EuroLinux 7.8: 

[eurolinux7-base]
name=Eurolinux 7.8 Base Vault
baseurl=https://vault.cdn.euro-linux.com/legacy/eurolinux/7/7.8/os/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7

[eurolinux7-updates]
name=Eurolinux 7.8 Updates Vault
baseurl=https://vault.cdn.euro-linux.com/legacy/eurolinux/7/7.8/updates/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7

For EuroLinux 7.7: 

[eurolinux7-base]
name=Eurolinux 7.8 Base Vault
baseurl=https://vault.cdn.euro-linux.com/legacy/eurolinux/7/7.7/os/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7

[eurolinux7-updates]
name=Eurolinux 7.8 Updates Vault
baseurl=https://vault.cdn.euro-linux.com/legacy/eurolinux/7/7.7/updates/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7

Removing subscription packages

Since the EuroLinux 7 repositories were behind the paywall, you used to need the subscription that used rhn_register or el_register commands and ancient EuroMan service or local mirror of the system. EuroMan was sunsetted with EuroLinux 7 EOL.

You can confidently remove the subscription-related packages (as long as you are not using custom Spacewalk/EuroMan Forman/EuroMan) with the following command:

sudo yum remove -y rhn* subscription*