Yellowdog Updater Modified (yum) is an interactive, rpm based, package manager.
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yum install wireshark-gnome
I tried using command yum install wireshark-gnome to install wireshark on RedHat 6.3. And I make sure the network is ok.
But it fails cause by below prompt.
Loaded plugins: product-id, security, ...
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-bash: yum: command not found
I have one server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 3) installed. And I tried to add the online repo using this link:
Centos Wiki: RPMForge
And everything goes smooth. But ...
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Finding RPMs for Install
I'm trying to install later version of software for 2 RPM-based installations, but yum tells me that I already have the latest versions.
When looking to install software via RPM, what's the best way ...
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Yum Check Available Package Updates
Red Hat docs say:
To see which installed packages on your system have updates available,
use the following command:
yum check-update
What command must I run to view all available versions for ...
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Finding yum equivalents of apt repositories?
I have code to setup an Ubuntu server that relies on apt-get. It has lots of packages as documented on our project wiki, for example these: development environment and the ruby dependencies.
However, ...
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ERROR:While Updating
I am using RHEL6.Whenever I am tryiung to update my machine it says that
[root@ASL-DRDO manmatha]# yum update
Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, security, subscription-manager
This ...
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Yum install not working
I have a newer version of an rpm that I want to install.
A yum list shows i have xyz-1-10.rpm installed and xyz-2-10.rpm available.
I ran "yum clean all", then ran "yum install xyz-1-11.rpm".
Note ...
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yum install package without updating other packages or fail…?
Is there a way to tell yum to install a package, selecting a version of that package that would be satisfied by currently installed dependencies?
For example, if I'm installing a pecl package and I ...
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How to install vsftpd package
I am having a rhel6 server i want to install vsftpd package from there to my client machine
How to do this.
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Looking for a yum package repository containing apache subversion
I'd like to be able to install Apache Subversion on Red Hat with yum. Can anyone recommend a package repository?
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libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I am using CentOS in which i had removed libxml2 accidentally now it was showing the following error as follows:
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules required to
run yum. The ...
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Can't Install gdal on CentOS 5
I'm really struggling with installing gdal on CentOS 5 -- I have searched and searched. Here is the output I get:
[root@1-free-fonts ~]# yum install gdal
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror ...
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How to update the version of gcc-c++ on Fedora?
I have version 4.4.4 of gcc installed and would like to update to either a specific version or to the latest version. Here is what I have tried:
sudo yum install gcc-c++
this tells me that Package ...
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Running a Script as Soon as a Network Interface is Detected as Active
I was just wondering if it was possible to run a script as soon as a test to see if a network interface is up (like a ping or something)? I think it would be pretty awesome to update my yum when I ...
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Does yum use package buildtime to decide if a package is newer?
Say I have installed mypkg-1.2.3-4567.noarch.rpm from some yum repo.
Is it valid for the rpm publisher to re-publish mypkg with the same version and release and just run createrepo --update? Is it ...
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Why yum resolve dl.google.com to an IPv6 address?
I installed Google chrome browser on Fedora 18. Now when I try update softwares using yum upgrade, it report the following error and I can't get chrome updated.
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Reinstall XOrg with Yum - Fedora 18
Some how I messed up Xorg and need to reinstall it, with Yum. I can not find any Xorg packages, but it has to be out there right?
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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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Can I “yum upgrade” to a specific CentOS version?
I'm using a third party proprietary application on CentOS 5.4, which is known to malfunction on pristine 5.9 or later. I would like to incrementally upgrade to the latest CentOS version where that ...
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What would be the “apt-cache show” equivalent on RHEL *without* requiring sudo/su?
How can I query the local package cache of yum on RHEL (and derivatives) without requiring superuser privileges?
Note: I am not interested in running an update of the package cache up front. All I am ...
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batch-install packages accordings to the list
In order to install a copy of fedora system i want to know how to install packages
previously listed with yum --list installed>mypkglist I like do the task in batch mode.
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Best way of updating Openssl on Linux machine [duplicate]
I have a confusion to choose the best way for upgrading the OpenSSL on my Linux machine.
1*Through the yum Update.*
# yum update
I know this will update the entire packages. But If I want to ...
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yum update version issue
I am using fedora 13 (2.6.33 ). Due to some reasons I cannot update the kernel nor can I upgrade fedora itself to 18 due to some legacy software I am using for business purpose. So my question is how ...
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How to access the Local FTP YUM repo from client Machine
I setup the FTP server on Machine A 192.168.1.105 and created the YUM repo. And placed following contents in it.
#vi rhel-localftp.repo
[rhel-localftp.rep]
name=bla bla bla
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Error during yum update
CentOS 6.3
Recently I've started getting the following error on my CentOS VPS when running yum update:
[user@foo1 ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached ...
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How do I find the repo information to setup yum?
I am running openSUSE 12.3 with the KDE 4 desktop.
I am trying to install software, and most sites say to use yum to do it. I try this, but it appears that I do not have any of these repositories ...
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Disable repository updating in fedora
Fedora checks all repository for updating when every time i want to install some packages from yum. this is waste of time because i know they are updated!
how could i disable this checking?
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How to change yum's default downloader
By default yum uses curl to download packages from internet repositories.
I want use axel instead of curl to download packages: is it possible?
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How do I force yum to download from a specific mirror?
In a Fedora system, I can access only ftp and not http. When I try to install a package with yum, it usually tries to download from http mirrors. How do I force it to download from a ftp mirror(listed ...
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Ignoring dependencies when installing with yum (Scientific Linux)
How can I ignore dependencies of a single package I am attempting to install using yum in Scientific Linux? The answer would presumably the same for CentOS/RHEL.
To elaborate, I am looking to get the ...
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RedHat server packages are never found
I set up a virtual server Red Hat machine but every time I try to use the "yum" command to install new packages, the command works properly but it is never been able to find any package even the ...
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How do I remove a simple piece of software?
I want to get rid of the automatically installed solitaire "games" in my brand new Fedora 18. I tried the gnome way, but nothing gets listed when I search for "silitaire". I tried the command line ...
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Does yum update uninstall and install the dependencies?
If the dependencies of the two different versions of RPM are same, would yum update remove and install dependencies too?
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Requires: perl(Compress::Raw::Zlib) = 2.052
Im trying to run a yum update but getting stopped by dependencies. I have installed rpmforge el6 which i need for other packages.
Error: Package: perl-IO-Compress-2.052-1.el6.rfx.noarch ...
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How to list all the installed package in fedora with the time of the installation
I can list them use
sudo yum list installed
but how to make them display when each were installed?
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make reposync ignore /etc/yum.conf?
Is there a way to make reposync ignore /etc/yum.conf ?
When i use reposync --config=/my/path/to/alternative/inputrepo.conf it's still picking up repositories for consideration inside /etc/yum.repos.d
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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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Fedora 14 install Fedora 19 software?
I am using Fedora 14 right now and find some software in the fc14 repository is a little old.
I need some software in my machine to be updated, say, to the Fedora 19 version.
Without upgrading the ...
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Missing Dependencies/Packages on yum install
I'm at my wit's end with this.
After a lengthy series of events I've been trying to install libreoffice on Centos 6.3 using yum
I've was successful in the past but after encountering some seg faults ...
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How do I write a script to keep retrying Yum Update Program?
My job let me always release a new version of the program to a satellite server, then in the running server, I use yum update program to update the program.
However, due to unknown reason, in most of ...
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yum install in user home for non-admins
I am a non-admin user on a large computer system. I need some up to date packages that are not installed on the system. I want to use yum to install them. As a user without sudo, admin, or root ...
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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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Java update on Centos
I am pretty unfamiliar with Linux, and the more I use it the more I realize how unfamiliar I am.
I have a Centos 6.2 machine. It currently has JDK 1.6.0_26 installed. I would like to update that to ...
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How to install iftop?
I tried:
root@host [/home]# yum install iftop
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.mirrors.tds.net
* extras: yum.singlehop.com
* ...
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CentOS connected to Internet but not updates
I have installed CentOS 6.3, OpenSUSE 12.1 and Ubuntu 12.04 on VMware Workstation 9. On any of these when I use ping to check network connectivity, I receive a proper answer, but when try to update ...
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Is it normal that Fedora's yum list kernel-* shows two versions of kernel being used?
Is it true that the following shows that two versions of the kernel are being used? (Is the bold face -- the one enclosed in ** showing what is currently loaded / used). Basically, I just created a ...
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Will Fedora's yum update install a “current” or beta version of the kernel and cause problems?
Short question is: should we always do a yum update --exclude=kernel-* to do an update in Fedora?
I was a bit surprised that when I got a new Fedora machine at work (it used to be Red Hat Enterprise ...
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How to install emacs using YUM without X11 libraries?
I have installed a minimal installation of CentOS 6.3 inside a VirtualBox VM. Now, I would like to install Emacs for use from the command line only.
When I do a search for emacs using yum search ...
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Fedora in Oracle VM VirtualBox: installing guest additions
What are the pros and conses of two method of installing VirtualBox guest additions:
via the Devices -> Install Guest Additions...;
via su -c 'yum install VirtualBox-guest' from rpmfusion ...
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CentOS: disable a non-reachable repository
How to disable a non-reachable repository?
I have an error when I use yum repolist or yum list:
# yum list | grep 404
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home%3A/SannisDev/
CentOS_CentOS- ...
