Updated and tested (as of this post date) version of /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo for Centos 5.11 (final):

# CentOS-Base.repo # # The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the # update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and # geographically close to the client. You should use this for CentOS updates # unless you are manually picking other mirrors. # # If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the # remarked out baseurl= line instead. # # [base] name=CentOS-$releasever...

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Create a (local) repository and use yum to have it resolve the dependencies for you

Summarized and further minimized (not ideal, but quickest): Create a directory for you local repository, e.g. /home/user/repo. Move the RPMs into that directory. Fix some ownership and filesystem permissions: # chown -R root.root /home/user/repo Install the createrepo package if not installed yet, and run # createrepo /home/user/repo # chmod -R o-w+r /home/user/repo Create a repository...

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