I have installed mysql-community-release repo under my linux machine

$$ yum info installed | grep 'mysql'
Name         : mysql80-community-release
Source       : mysql80-community-release-el9-5.src.rpm
URL          : 

When I list packages under mysql80-community-release I can see sub repos as below -

$$ rpm -ql mysql80-community-release
/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-mysql-2022
/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-mysql-2023
/etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-debuginfo.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community.repo

But when I list packages under /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo, I get below. Is my understanding about package incorrect or I am looking for something wrong ?

$$ sudo yum install /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo:
Last metadata expiration check: 0:56:40 ago on Sun Feb  9 20:22:36 2025.
No match for argument: /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo:
Error: Unable to find a match: /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo:

Even though when I do , I get the mysql-community-server package details.

$$ sudo yum search mysql-community-server
Last metadata expiration check: 0:58:19 ago on Sun Feb  9 20:22:36 2025.
================= Name Exactly Matched: mysql-community-server =================
mysql-community-server.x86_64 : A very fast and reliable SQL database server
===================== Name Matched: mysql-community-server =====================
mysql-community-server-debug.x86_64 : The debug version of MySQL server

I have installed mysql-community-release repo under my linux machine

$$ yum info installed | grep 'mysql'
Name         : mysql80-community-release
Source       : mysql80-community-release-el9-5.src.rpm
URL          : http://dev.mysql.com

When I list packages under mysql80-community-release I can see sub repos as below -

$$ rpm -ql mysql80-community-release
/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-mysql-2022
/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-mysql-2023
/etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-debuginfo.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community.repo

But when I list packages under /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo, I get below. Is my understanding about package incorrect or I am looking for something wrong ?

$$ sudo yum install /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo:
Last metadata expiration check: 0:56:40 ago on Sun Feb  9 20:22:36 2025.
No match for argument: /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo:
Error: Unable to find a match: /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo:

Even though when I do , I get the mysql-community-server package details.

$$ sudo yum search mysql-community-server
Last metadata expiration check: 0:58:19 ago on Sun Feb  9 20:22:36 2025.
================= Name Exactly Matched: mysql-community-server =================
mysql-community-server.x86_64 : A very fast and reliable SQL database server
===================== Name Matched: mysql-community-server =====================
mysql-community-server-debug.x86_64 : The debug version of MySQL server

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1 Answer 1

The output of rpm -ql isn't a list of subrepos, but a list of files that were installed by this rpm.
Three of these files happen to be definitions of other repos (the .repo files), but that's inconsequential to the workings of rpm -ql.

The fact that sudo yum install /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo errors out isn't due to a problem with the definition, it's just incorrect usage of the command. /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community-source.repo is a name of a file (that happens to hold repo definitions), not a name of a package. yum install takes a name of a package, and then searches for it in all the repos defined in .repo files under /etc/yum.repos.d.