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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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Is it stable to use epel and rpmforge in the same time?
So after a fresh Scientific Linux 6.3 Desktop install, I:
yum install rpmforge-release && yum update
and
yum install epel-release.noarch
then:
yum install wine gparted cups-pdf ...
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How to get RPM's that has been published after the install DVD?
So if I download a:
SL-63-x86_64-2012-08-02-Install-DVD.iso
and install it, and give out a "yum update" - then it will find many-many XY packages to update.
Q: are there any methods/solutions to ...
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Problems with YUM/Scientifix Linux 6.3 (inconsistent rpm database?..)
Recently I saw this:
[root@NOTEBOOK /etc/yum.repos.d] yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/metalink ...
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Auto-update on Scientific-linux 6.1 64bit
yum remove PackageKit*
what's next?
I tried:
yum install yum-autoupdate
but I can't see any config file for it. How can I set the auto-update function* on Scientific-linux 6.1/GNOME?
*want to ...
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Yum: How can I view variables like $releasever, $basearch & $YUM0?
I am setting up a yum repository, and need to debug some of the URLs in the yum.conf file. I need to know why is Scientific Linux trying to grab this URL, when I was expecting it to grab another URL:
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