Yellowdog Updater Modified (yum) is an interactive, rpm based, package manager.
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Installing yum packages by pattern
I want to install all openoffice packages. Passing openoffice* obviously wouldn't work, because it'd look at file system. How can I do that?
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Yum and recommended/suggested packages
I'd like to install a software package on my Fedora System, but it has a lot of unreasonable dependencies (which I know for sure they are not actually required).
I used to work on Debian, where ...
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yum install failing with strange output
I am using below command to install gcc on my laptop running fedora 17.
yum install gcc
But I am getting strange output.
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Resolving ...
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In CentOS, what is the difference between yum update and yum upgrade?
What is the difference between yum update and yum upgrade, and when should I use one over the other?
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Command for yum to install all packages without dependency
Is there any way for yum to install only that packages, that doesn't have any dependencies? I'm trying to install all python2 libraries. The code:
su -c 'yum install python-\*'
And I've get (ignore ...
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Obtaining/Packaging RPM dependencies for Fedora/RHEL linux application — no network access
I currently have an RPM file with 2-3 dependencies specified in the 'Requires' section. When this application is installed using yum, it works fine and the dependencies are installed if they are ...
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How to make an rpm package that installs a Java environment if needed
I'm very new to RPM packaging and I'm curious if, during the installation of one RPM it is possible to conditionally install another RPM if needed.
In a nutshell.
My RPM requires a particular JRE. ...
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Why did yum-builddep not provide the dependencies to install my rpm?
I am trying to rum my rpm package but getting this dependencies error.
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh /root/x86_64/asterisk-1.8.12.2-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
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Remove yum repo using yum
I have no root access on my machine at work, but I have sudo permission to use sudo yum (and only yum).
Recently I accidentally installed a faulty repository (dropbox), and now I'd like to remove it. ...
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Meaning of the yum error “Package tuple (…) could not be found in rpmdb”
I just want to install two packages in my Fedora 15 but I am getting some weird
error.
Command:
yum install @development-tools
Error:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit ...
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How to change the repository settings for yum installer?
I am pretty much new to Linux. I am trying to install tint2 on CentOS. When I try to install using the command yum install tint2, it gave following error
checking for X11... configure: error: Package ...
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how do I install the stock centos repositories?
I have a situation where the stock repo files that should exist in /etc/yum.repos.d/ (like centos-base.repo) are not present. I need to get them installed. I am sure this is simple, but after hours of ...
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64bit rpm can not resolve 32bit dependencies
Problem
I'm having a RPM that contains mixed 64bit and 32bit binaries. One of the binaries depends on 32bit i686 packages. When I try to install the package yum gives me an error, noting that the ...
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Updating PHP 5.3 to 5.4 in CentOS
I followed this tutorial to update PHP from 5.3 version to 5.4. My distro is CentOS 5.5.
After running the following command:
yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-test install httpd php php-common
I get ...
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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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Download all dependencies with yumdownloader, even if already installed?
Is there a way to download all dependencies with yumdownloader, even if they are already installed?
I'm trying to create a local repo and only want to include the packages we need.
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How to create Local Repositories in RHEL
I need to create a local repository in RHEl 5.5. i386
Because when I type some command in terminal it say that RHEL is not subscribed with RHN which is true. I took it from friend.
So can someone ...
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How to tell yum that a package is installed when it thinks it isn't?
I accidentally deleted all my RPM data (I removed /var/lib/rpm/* instead of /var/lib/rpm/__*), and then ran rpm --rebuilddb. Now when I try to run yum update I get:
Could not parse metalink ...
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How do I make anaconda skip the installing of a package?
I'm using preupgrade to upgrade from Fedora 16 to 17, and I keep getting an unpack error when installing the cups package. I really do not need cups and I want anaconda to skip it and continue. How do ...
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yum does not work on RHEL 6.3
I have installed RHEL 6.3:
Linux RHEL6.3-64-BuildMac 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 18:24:36 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
My /etc/yum.conf looks as follows:
[main]
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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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Replace python built with UCS4 with UCS2
I've got fedora fc15 installed with python 2.7.1-7.fc15. It is built with ucs4 and I've got some packages here at work that are built with ucs2. I now cannot build other packages that use these ucs2 ...
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yum Damaged repomd.xml file
I'm having trouble doing anything with yum on Fedora 16. Here is the output I'm getting:
[user@mycomputer yum-3.4.3]$ sudo yum update
[sudo] password for user:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, ...
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Why do I need to install -devel packages?
I am new to Linux and wonder why many times when I install package with yum I need to install package-devel.i386 rather than package.i386. What is the difference between them?
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How do I `yum localinstall` from my `yum search` result?
I'm trying to install some dependencies for thrift using yum. I've found, for example boost via yum search boost which gives me (after a load of fails as the PC not on the web, but has a local ...
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How do I install WINE in RHEL 6.3?
I'm a beginner in Linux and I'm having a problem installing wine
I'm using RHEL 6.3 and when I use
yum install wine
it keeps giving me this
Blockquote Error: Package: wine-core-1.4.1-1.el6.i686 ...
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CentOS 4.8 and glibc 2.5
How would I go about installing glibc 2.5 on CentOS 4.8?
I know CentOS 4.8 has been EOL'd, which is all good and well. However, the environment that I am working in is using this version, and will ...
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Sudo yum permission denied Fedora 17
On Fedora 13, in /etc/sudoers I used to have a line:
Cmnd_Alias SOFTWARE=/usr/bin/yum
and then for a user that would have the privilege of installing his/her own RPM packages, an entry like:
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Getting config error for yum in CentOS
I'm very new to linux, and I am using CentOS in a VM for program testing. Everything seems to be fine, except for every few minutes I get this error:
Error Type: <class 'yum.Errors.ConfigError'>
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CentOS: Install packages listed in a text file?
I have an existing CentOS installation which I'd like to install extra packages to. The packages to be installed were supplied to me in a list, one package per line, which looks like:
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Install packages in $HOME/usr
I'm looking to script use of rpm --relocate. How to change the default location packages are installed to - from user/local to $HOME/usr?
Do I need to do it all manually (removing and reinstaling to ...
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Transfer programs to another OS
I have openSUSE. I can install programs with yum.
yum install <progname>
I want to move my install to a new hard disk.
How can I transfer programs from one OS to another?
My problem is ...
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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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How to automatically install packages?
I want to install packages automatically by running a script
I can write yum install php, but I want it to install another package once installation of the php package is completed.
Is there any ...
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Are packages downloaded from multiple mirror sites?
I'm running F17 and inside of yum.repos.d. I see multiple repos listed like adobe-linux-1386.repo, fedora.repo, google-chrome.repo, etc. When I yum install are some files being downloaded from ...
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What is happening exactly when I install a package with yum?
I'm running F17 from Terminal. I was wondering what is happening in the background when I yum install packagename. Is that package being searched for on my browser? Where is it being downloaded from? ...
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Unable to run yum update on virtualized centOS 6.3
I am running a virtualized CentOS 6.3 on a Windows 7 computer. The computer (4 GB RAM) is connected to a corporate network.
When I run yum update, it shows some progress, then eventually the VM (2 ...
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where to find unhide-tcp for centos 6?
I've got a centOS 6 64 bit server, and have installed rkhunter.
I spent some time running scans and tweaking things so that rkhunter throws up no warnings (e.g setting the PermitRootLogin var in ...
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Trying to update Bugzilla on Fedora 16 using YUM
I am currently running Bugzilla version 4.0.6 and would like to update to 4.2.
I have tried yum check-update and yum update bugzilla but it is not updating.
Am I doing something wrong? If not, is ...
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How do I install Chromium on F17?
I just installed the Beefy Miracle on my box, but essentially being the first time I've used Linux I'm not sure how to perform even some of the most basic tasks.
I thought I would try to install ...
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How do I install packages with F17?
I just installed Fedora 17 on my box and I'm having trouble installing packages. I used to think that across all linux os'es all it took was sudo apt-get install packagae.
I don't think this is the ...
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'yum update' without internet connectioon
I have a PC and a laptop. my laptop is always updated, so for updating the PC I don't want to download the packages again for my PC. What I do is copying rpm files from ...
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Trouble migrating from Yum to apt-get
I recently migrated from using Fedora to Debian. And I'm having some issues with the package manager.
I used to be able to search for packages via yum using :
yum search ...
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Removing configured PROXY in fedora?
Some time back I configured proxy for fedora to install packages through yum.
I forgot how exactly I did it.
Now I don't need proxy any more.How can I reconfigure my proxy settings?
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yum - list configure flags/options used to compile package
How can I see a list of flags/options used to configure and compile a certain package in yum, without having to install it first? Say apache, for example.
$ yum list available httpd
Available ...
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Yum update/install to any package is giving me the following error. What actions do I need to take to overcome this?
Yum update/install to any package is giving me the following error. What actions do I need to take to overcome this?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ...
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Cannot enable network after CentOS 6.3 fresh install
I am trying to perform a fresh CentOS 6.3 installation then run various yum commands such as yum install httpd.
The installation runs fine, however I cannot run any network based commands like yum
I ...
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There was a problem importing one of the Python modules required to run yum
I installed the Python bindings of VTK 5.1 correctly. In Python, import vtk worked, but import itk did not work yet. So I wanted to install the Python bindings of ITK 4.2.
I needed to install SWIG ...
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How to use SOCKS proxy with yum?
The man page to yum.conf describes several proxy related variables:
proxy URL to the proxy server that yum should use.
proxy_username username to use for proxy
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