Installing PostgreSQL on CentOS6 Post EOL

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Installing PostgreSQL on CentOS6 Post EOL

If you’ve seen the following error, you know that your CentOS6 has reached end of life (EOL).

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, ovl
Setting up Install Process
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http[s] or file.
 Eg. Invalid release/repo/arch combination/
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/base/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again

I found this out a couple of days ago. So today I decided to fix it.

The Fix

Fortunately, CentOS6 does keep vault repositories. So, a simple bash script that moves all the current unusable CentOS6 repositories to another location, deploys the yum repository based on your CentOS minor version and voilĂ .

Jump over to the git repository and pull the bash script, and continue using PostgreSQL and other software on CentOS6.

https://github.com/EngineeredVirus/CentOS6-Repository-Fix