Become the root user, then download the mrg-beta repository to /etc/yum.repos.d.

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
# wget ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/MRG/RHEL-5/mrg-beta.repo

Once mrg-beta.repo exists in your local yum repository, you can view the list of available packages by using the list available command. This command will list only those packages not already installed on your system.

# yum --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=mrg-beta list available

Install MRG Grid:

# yum install mrg-grid

You can check the installation location and that the components have been installed successfully by using the rpm -ql command. You will need to specify condor as the package name.

# rpm -ql condor
/etc/condor
/etc/condor/condor_config
/usr/bin/condor
/usr/bin/condor_check_userlogs
/usr/bin/condor_checkpoint
/usr/bin/condor_cod
/usr/bin/condor_compile
/usr/bin/condor_config_val
...
[output truncated]

You will now able to configure the software, and start the service. For detailed configuration instructions, see the Condor Manual.

It is advised that you review the configuration file stored at /etc/condor/condor_config before attempting to start MRG Grid.

MRG Grid is usually run as a service. To start MRG Grid run the following command:

# service condor start