Adding CentOS 6 to RedHat 6

First you need to add the CentOS repository, create this file using your favorite text editor:

Adding the following contents, note the ’5′ has to be hardcoded to either 5 or 6 depending on your RHEL version.

Once you’ve completed this step, you can now use “yum” to install CentOS packages.

Please note: The baseurl parameter above points to version 5 of the CentOS repos. If you use 6, change the URL accordingly.