Dell OMSA Repo Install Error On CentOS: Command line error: no such option: --disableplugin

I wrote another article recently about an issue when attempting to install the srvadmin-all RPM package provided by the Dell OMSA repository. It is likely that when you are installing the OMSA repository that you will receive an error on CentOS and possibly on other versions of Linux. The yum OMSA repository is installed via a file available from Dell called bootstrap.cgi. Below I describe the issue when installing the OMSA repository and provide a couple methods to resolve the problem.

Error Installing Dell OMSA Repo Using bootstrap.cgi On CentOS Linux:

[root@dev src]# wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash
Downloading GPG key: http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/RPM-GPG-KEY-dell
Importing key into RPM.
Downloading GPG key: http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/RPM-GPG-KEY-libsmbios
Importing key into RPM.
Write repository configuration
Downloading repository RPM
Installing repository rpm: http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/platform_independent/rh50_64/prereq/dell-omsa-repository-2-5.noarch.rpm
Installing yum plugins for system id
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
dell-omsa-indep 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00
rpmforge 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
base 2.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00
dell-omsa-specific 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00
addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 393 kB 00:00
################################################## 830/830
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 74 kB 00:00
################################################## 526/526
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 118 kB 00:00
################################################## 292/292
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for yum-dellsysid to pack into transaction set.
yum-dellsysid-2.2.19-10.1 100% |=========================| 7.9 kB 00:00
---> Package yum-dellsysid.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: smbios-utils-python = 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 for package: yum-dellsysid
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for smbios-utils-python to pack into transaction set.
smbios-utils-python-2.2.1 100% |=========================| 10 kB 00:00
---> Package smbios-utils-python.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: python-smbios = 2.2.19-10.1.el5 for package: smbios-utils-python
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for python-smbios to pack into transaction set.
python-smbios-2.2.19-10.1 100% |=========================| 12 kB 00:00
---> Package python-smbios.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: python-ctypes for package: python-smbios
--> Processing Dependency: libsmbios = 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 for package: python-smbios
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for libsmbios to pack into transaction set.
libsmbios-2.2.19-10.1.el5 100% |=========================| 10 kB 00:00
---> Package libsmbios.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for python-ctypes to pack into transaction set.
python-ctypes-1.0.2-1.1.e 100% |=========================| 7.1 kB 00:00
---> Package python-ctypes.x86_64 0:1.0.2-1.1.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
yum-dellsysid x86_64 2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell-omsa-specific 15 k
Installing for dependencies:
libsmbios x86_64 2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell-omsa-specific 1.5 M
python-ctypes x86_64 1.0.2-1.1.el5 dell-omsa-specific 215 k
python-smbios x86_64 2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell-omsa-specific 69 k
smbios-utils-python x86_64 2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell-omsa-specific 56 k
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 5 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 1.9 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): smbios-utils-pytho 100% |=========================| 56 kB 00:00
(2/5): yum-dellsysid-2.2. 100% |=========================| 15 kB 00:00
(3/5): python-smbios-2.2. 100% |=========================| 69 kB 00:00
(4/5): libsmbios-2.2.19-1 100% |=========================| 1.5 MB 00:00
(5/5): python-ctypes-1.0. 100% |=========================| 215 kB 00:00
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: python-ctypes ######################### [1/5]
Installing: libsmbios ######################### [2/5]
Installing: python-smbios ######################### [3/5]
Installing: smbios-utils-python ######################### [4/5]
Installing: yum-dellsysid ######################### [5/5]
Installed: yum-dellsysid.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5
Dependency Installed: libsmbios.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 python-ctypes.x86_64 0:1.0.2-1.1.el5 python-smbios.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5 smbios-utils-python.x86_64 0:2.2.19-10.1.el5
Complete!
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "dellsysid" plugin
usage: yum [options] < grouplist, localinstall, groupinfo, localupdate, resolvedep, erase, deplist, groupremove, makecache, upgrade, provides, shell, install, whatprovides, groupinstall, update, groupupdate, info, search, check-update, list, remove, clean, grouperase >
Command line error: no such option: --disableplugin

As you can see in the above output there are multiple dependencies that will likely be installed when you issue the command as recommended by Dell. The error does not occur until the very end of the install process and is caused by a reference to the “–disableplugin” switch that does not exist in current versions of yum. So to resolve the problem you can either ignore the error and issue the “yum clean all” command after installing the OMSA repository or you could simply download the bootstrap.cgi file, modify it, and then install the OMSA repostory.

Easiest Resolution To Yum OMSA Repo Install From Dell:

yum clean all

The easiest way to resolve the issue is to simply issue the “yum clean all” command after you install the OMSA repository as instructed by Dell. The other way to resolve the issue is to manually edit the bootstrap.cgi file before installing the OMSA repository. First you would need to download bootstrap.cgi as noted below.

Download bootstrap.cgi OMSA Repo Installer From Dell:

wget http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi

After downloading the file edit the bootstrap.cgi file with your favorite text editor and modify line 330 by removing the –disableplugin switch from the “yum clean all” command.

Original Line 330 Of bootstrap.cgi OMSA Repo Installer File From Dell:

yum --disableplugin=rhnplugin clean all

Updated Line 330 Of bootstrap.cgi OMSA Repo Installer File From Dell:

yum clean all

After updating the bootstrap.cgi file issue the below command to install the OMSA yum repository using the bootstrap.cgi file on your local server. You will probably need to change the permissions on the bootstrap.cgi file to make it executable by using a command similar to “chmod 755 bootstrap.cgi”.

Install OMSA Yum Repository After Modifying bootstrap.cgi File From Dell: