[HELP][SOLVED] Unable to locate gitlab-ce

Software & Operating Systems Linux
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Hello sir/madam,

I would like to host a gitlab repo on my server. My server is running windows 10 with VMbox containing Parrot OS Desktop, debian.

sudo apt-get -y install gitlab-ce
error: E: Unable to locate package gitlab-ce

I have tried several tutorials to lift this “curse” but even the gitlab download page tutorial gets me the error. btw I do not have a domain but a sub domain. Also I need to mention that I can’t do linux stuff unless clearly explained so, about 1% of tutorials could help me in this situation.

Solved: I ran into errors on parrot, switched to centos nogui 7. Ran into errors and I tried sudo yum install -y curl policycoreutils-python openssh-server and su -c ‘yum update’ but still I get base/7/x86_64. Well I then did dhclient and su -c ‘yum update’ and somehow it worked.

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Did you add the repository?

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Excuse me, what repository? I went straight for the download site and got to the download process.

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Read the doc I linked and then let me know if you can’t figure it out.

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Give me a little bit more time, I’m gonna switch to mint, alright? Cinnamon edition.

Edit: trying centos

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As much as I prefer rpm based over deb based, none of that matters if you don’t RTFM…

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Rounds per minute over demonetized banner based? not gonna even start on that rtfm thingy.

I may sound stupid, it is because I am, alright?

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Reading The Fabulous Manual?

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Not Fabulous, but close!

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Never heard that abbreviation before

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There’s lots of new abbreviations for ya.

RPM is the file format for packages for RHEL based (RHEL, CentOS, SuSE, Fedora, a few others) distros.

DEB is for Debian (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Elementary, etc…) based distros.

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Do you have teamviewer or such, I would really need a hands-on help here.

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I am unable to help you hands-on at the moment. I’m at work.

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s see if I can guide you. First thing we need to do is stablize on a distro.

If you don’t have a preference, I’d recommend either Ubuntu or CentOS. Pick one, get it installed (with a GUI, since you’re new) and let me know when that’s done. (I can help better with CentOS) If you want a GUI, you’ll want a GUI, you should choose Ubuntu Desktop, or the CentOS “Everything ISO” (I know it’s quite large)

From there, we’ll update your packages, install the gitlab repository, then get gitlab itself installed.

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I’m at the post-install on centos. (I have been dealing times with nogui, pfsense).

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Samsies

Also samesies

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Ah, perfect. When you’re done, go ahead and update your packages with this:

sudo yum update -y

Then once that’s done, go ahead and have a look at this page:

This should do a better job explaining the install process than I can, but if you have questions, I’d be happy to answer them.

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You should be able to just copy and paste everything that’s in the box, but if you have any questions, you can mention us by doing @ then the username like @Rex-Regum. This notifies us so we can message back faster

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Actually, this is for Centos6. Centos7 instructions are here: Installation methods for GitLab

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Ah, damn. there goes my credibility. :stuck_out_tongue:

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autch