How to find list of packages available from a specific repository?

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Issue

• How to find list of packages available in a specific repository from the client CLI?

Resolution

• If the client system is registered to Satellite server, use --enable-repo and disable-repo options along with yum list and that could give you list of packages installed and packages that could be installed.

• Example:

[root@client ~]# yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=rhel-6-server-els-optional-rpms list

or To search for a specific package in enabled and disabled repository. 

[root@host ~]# yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=rhel-6-server-els-optional-rpms search httpd

Diagnostic Steps

• Output of the command from the Resolution section.

[root@client ~]#  yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=rhel-6-server-els-optional-rpms search httpd
Loaded plugins: enabled_repos_upload, package_upload, product-id, search-disabled-repos, security, subscription-manager
rhel-6-server-els-optional-rpms                                                                                                                                                             | 2.1 kB     00:00     
=============================================================================================== N/S Matched: httpd ================================================================================================
libmicrohttpd-devel.i686 : Development files for libmicrohttpd
libmicrohttpd-devel.x86_64 : Development files for libmicrohttpd
libmicrohttpd-doc.noarch : Documentation for libmicrohttpd
httpd-devel.i686 : Development interfaces for the Apache HTTP server
httpd-devel.x86_64 : Development interfaces for the Apache HTTP server
httpd-manual.noarch : Documentation for the Apache HTTP server
libmicrohttpd.i686 : Lightweight library for embedding a webserver in applications
libmicrohttpd.x86_64 : Lightweight library for embedding a webserver in applications

  Name and summary matches only, use "search all" for everything.
Uploading Enabled Repositories Report
[root@client ~]#

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