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Unregister from RHN (Spacewalk) nad re-enable official CentOS repositories

To unregister the computer a file has to be removed. Login as root user and execute the following command

mv /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid.backup


Now fix base repositories by reinstalling centos-release package.

1. Check what version you are on:
cat /etc/redhat-release

CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core)


2. Remove centos-release without dependencies:

rpm -e centos-release --nodeps


3. Install the centos-release package for your release

Tip

You can find the package for your version at http://vault.centos.org/

rpm -Uvh http://vault.centos.org/7.5.1804/os/x86_64/Packages/centos-release-7-5.1804.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm