OID 10.1.4.2.0 for Linux Preview Install

I am trying to install the preview. I am using example provided in OID-LinuxWorld-Demo-OAS_viewlet_swf.html.
Any insight on why this fails? see below...
[oracle@akaoradev-vm1 ~]$ su - root
Password:
[root@akaoradev-vm1 ~]# up2date oracle-oid
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_i386_latest...
Fetching rpm headers...
Name Version Rel
The following packages you requested were not found:
oracle-oid
[root@akaoradev-vm1 ~]#

Yes, the linux is registered with Oracle ULN (Network only). This is a test VMWARE environment.
See below...
[root@akaoradev-vm1 ~]# date
Thu May 29 14:16:44 AKDT 2008
[root@akaoradev-vm1 ~]# uname -a
Linux akaoradev-vm1 2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue May 20 15:36:52 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@akaoradev-vm1 ~]# up2date --show-channels
el5_i386_latest
el5_i386_oracle
[root@akaoradev-vm1 ~]# up2date oracle-oid
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_i386_latest...
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_i386_oracle...
Fetching rpm headers...
Name Version Rel
The following packages you requested were not found:
oracle-oid
[root@akaoradev-vm1 ~]#

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