How to install Linux Agent without communicating with RHN?

[peter.cheng]

My linux server has Red Hat support subscription but the server does not have Internet access.
When I try to install the Linux Agent for V5-6, an error below is prompted during installation (stopped at stage at 1-prereqs).

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Running './1-prereqs'...
Installing prerequistes...
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
There was an error communicating with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
Error communicating with server. The message was:
timed out
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Does any expert here know how to install the linux agent without communicating with RHN?

[slansing]

Do you have the following packages installed on the system?

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install autoconf gcc glibc libmcrypt-devel make openssl-devel sudo sysstat xinetd bc

They are all required, if so, then open the "fullinstall" file within the "linux-nrpe-agent" folder you extracted.

Comment out the following lines:

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run_sub ./0-yum noupdate
run_sub ./1-prereqs

Like so:

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#run_sub ./0-yum noupdate
#run_sub ./1-prereqs

Then save the file make sure you are in the linux-nrpe-agent folder and run:

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touch installed.prereqs

./fullinstall

This should work fine.