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Installing a package locally to a user - best practices?

I want to install Git locally to a user on a RHEL server (I don't have root access) What would be your cleanest/ most organized way of installing software to a local user account? Installing ...
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How to install cpp in RHEL 6.3?

I want to install gcc in RHEL 6.3, but it has cpp dependencies. So I go to cpp rpm download page, but it has no rpm for 6.3 version: Is there any other way to install cpp in RHEL 6.3?
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Why doesn't build of net-snmp 5.7.2. provide /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmptrapd?

I am packaging an RPM for RHEL6, built from net-snmp-5.7.2.tar.gz. I see that the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd gets created and packaged but I do not see the init file for /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmptrapd. ...
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How to list RPM packages installed in order of installation date

I'd like to see a list of software installed in the order of the date they were installed. The order doesn't matter (newest to oldest & vice-versa) as long as they're arranged by date. I'm mainly ...
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What is the easiest way to install Meld on RedHat Linux RHEL 5.4?

My company has RedHat RHEL 5.4 on the Linux box, and I need to install Meld on it. How can it be done? $ sudo yum install meld No package meld available. Nothing to do $ sudo yum search meld No ...
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Public key not found for RPM

I am trying to install package on Redhat 5.5 using YUM but it always give me this error [root@redhat64 Desktop]# yum install perl-Net-Server-0.97-1.el5.rf.noarch.rpm Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, ...
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recommended procedure to create a user/group during RPM install

after trying hard to search for RPM best practices guides and finding virtually none, to my surprise, I resort to the community - I need to ensure that some users and groups exist after the ...
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What to include in an RPM created from python packages

I'm looking to create a rpm for this tarball and couldn't figure out which files needed to be included in the package after the install. I am used to compiling some code and including the binary ...
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CentOS5, RHEL5, Java dependent Packages, Alternate JVM/JDK

Specifically regarding Java dependent packages, such as ant. Is it possible to install them via rpm, when using an alternate JVM/JDK? For example, If I install the Oracle JDK, can I use an ant ...
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httpd-devel requires outdated version of glibc-common on CentOS 6.3

httpd-devel requires an outdated version of glibc-common on CentOS 6.3 x86_64 and Apache/2.2.15. It wants 2.12-1.80.el6 and I have 2.12-1.80.el6_3.3.x86_64 installed (via CentOS @update repo) Here is ...
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open of .rpm failed: Permission denied

Whenever I try to install some .rpm I've downloaded, I'm getting: > sudo rpm -i something.rpm error: open of something.rpm failed: Permission denied It seems that the choice of rpm doesn't ...
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Is rpm the only file extension for repositories

I've noticed that repositories in CentOS have the .rpm extension. Are there other extensions? Is .rpm specific to the operating system? i.e. do other linux operating systems have other extensions? ...
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How to install older version of glibc?

I'm trying to install gcc-4.4 on RHEL6: sudo rpm -ivh /mnt/dvd/Packages/gcc-4.4.3-1.el6.x86_64.rpm. But the problem is that is depends on glibc and glibc-common libraries. When I try to install them ...
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How to install/remove/upgrade .rpm packages on Red Hat?

I am new to linux, and at the university we are using this distribution to mount servers on VM, but I need to install a package that is missing in my virtual machine that is running Red Hat, but how ...
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rpm and deb fileformat are blocked by my ISP. How to install software?

I have a very peculiar problem, Just be patient with what I am saying and then see what all suggestion you can give me. I have situation where my ISP has blocked .rpm and .deb files to be downloaded. ...
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How to migrate from CentOS to RHEL?

What packages do I need to install to migrate my CentOS 5.7 server to identical version of RHEL. I have RHN subscription but I don't want to create a fresh install and move files.
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Prelink warning in output of rpm -Va

I have run the following as root on a RHEL 4 box to get a list of the modified files: rpm -Va The output includes lines such as: prelink: /tmp/#prelink#.60m2Jq: Recorded 2 dependencies, now seeing ...
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Problem in installing Google voice and video plugin for Gmail

I just downloaded Google talk plugin for voice and video (for audio/video chat in gmail). I am using RHEL6. I downloaded the plugin (64 bit, rpm format). While installing it an error comes which ...
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How to make a src.rpm unpack the source to whatever directory I want?

I'm trying to make an rpm that will unpack the source to a custom directory, such as /asdf. When I run it, it always errors out saying "cannot create %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES". Is there ...
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Offline documentation of an RPM spec file or how to retrieve an example

I am taking a Red Hat exam that is offline. I am having issues remembering the syntax for an RPM SPEC file. Can anyone suggest how to retrieve an example or some documentation that should already be ...
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List all RPM packages installed from repo “X”

How can I get a list of all of the RPM packages that have been installed on my system from a particular repo (e.g., "epel")?
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How does createrepo work. How does yum understand parse its files. A conceptual explanation

I am not looking for a how-to on creating a repo (createrepo) or using yum. I want to understand how they work together. I want to know what files yum looks at and why, what those files contain. I ...
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How do I get UUENCODE to work?

I have a server that I have inherited that has an older version of Redhat installed due to software requirements and now there is a need to use UUENCODE to allow email attachments. The uuencode and ...
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Which RedHat packages for CentOS?

I want to use a RedHat rpm Software Package for CentOS 5.6, but I dont know which version of RedHat works with CentOS 5.6. RedHat 4 = CentOS 4? RedHat 5 = CentOS 5? ...
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SPEC %files attribute and Shell variables

I have a spec file which unpacks a library which is deployed at location which is exported in the shell. ie %file ${AXIS2_C}/bin/services/services.xml This fails with : error: File not found: ...
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How to get started with CentOS?

I've been working with Debian GNU/Linux for a long time and am very proficient with it. However for a new project I've got to got familiar with CentOS ASAP. So my Question is: How do I get started ...
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Why does `man -k cron` say `vixie-cron (rpm)` for some results, and how do I read those pages?

I'm trying to find out some details regarding cron and /etc/cron.d/ on a RedHat system. Ironically, my answer is viewable within the vixie-cron-*.src.rpm for this package, but the the man pages for ...
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Open a RPM on a Mac?

I am on a MacBook Pro running Apple Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.8). I would like to unpackage a RPM and view the files contained within the wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.src.rpm . I don't need to install the ...
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Are RPMs valid across platforms?

I'm a little confused about RPM's in Red Hat and/or Fedora (and/or other distros?). I can certainly accept that 64-bit RPM's are needed for 64-bit OS'es and 32-bit for 32-bit OS'es but... If I have ...
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Install from RPM, then files change. How can I see the differences?

This is a RedHat Enterprise 5.5 system. I ran a verification check against an RPM, and it looks like two files have changed: # rpm --verify shadow-utils S.5....T c /etc/default/useradd S.5....T c ...
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Is there a pbuilder-like environment for RedHat?

I would like to know if is there any utility like Debian's pbuilder, to build RPM packages on RedHat using a clean environment (chroot). I've found mach which has support for something like this but ...