Yellowdog Updater Modified (yum) is an interactive, rpm based, package manager.
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Hanging at “Running Transaction Test” when trying to install php-soap
I have here a CentOS 5 and I'm trying to run yum install php-soap but the installer hangs on and the last step is Running Transaction Test.
I found out that NFS shares are the problem. See here or ...
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setting up yum in stripped down linux
I have a box that contains minimal binaries needed to run Scientific Linux. What I want to do is to install additional programs. I could get rpm installed and tried to install yum but resolving those ...
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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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64bit rpm can not resolve 32bit dependencies
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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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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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-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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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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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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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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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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Optimize command yum
I would like knowing if there is a way to increase the performance of the command yum to install and search packages.
I'm a very happy new user of Fedora 16.
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Building from Source on CentOS 5 or newer
I've got a few applications of which I've got to build from source files in order to make it work on CentOS (the programs do not exist in the yum repos).
I may be missing something, but unlike Debian ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 groupinstall “Development Libraries”
I am new to linux.
I am looking at some configuration notes for a CentOS, but I am configuring a Redhat machine. I am not clear:
What the below commands install?
Why one might install these?
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Installing multiple packages with one yum command
Is there a way to install 2 or more packages using one yum command
yum install mysql php vsftp
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 is asking the kernel version which is already there
I have a server with centos 5.3 x86_64 on it. I am trying to install some asterisk modules on this server using yum. So yum asked me to upgrade my kernel to "kernel-2.6.18-308.11.1.el5"
Then i have ...
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How do I fix the “Cannot retrieve repository metadata” error in Fedora 14?
When I try to install anything on Fedora 14, I get the following output:
Repository base is listed more than once in the configuration
Could not retrieve mirrorlist
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install RPM packages using perl
I'm trying to install RPM package using 'yum' through perl. But, the package is prompting to enter 'Y/N' during the install. How can i do a silent install?
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Installing gcc on rhel 6.1
GCC doesnt seem to be installed on my Rhel 6.1 machine. Also, when i did:
sudo yum install gcc
It barfed:
Updating Red Hat repositories.
Setting up Install Process
No package gcc available.
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Can we now find boost 1.48.0 on yum in Fedora 16?
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I really cannot find any information on the Web. Boost 1.48.0 has been out on the website for two days but there has still been no update ...
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Installing yum on CentOS 5
I have a CentOS vm that I'm currently working on. I tried to update yum and it broke, so I removed it. So I need to re-install it on my vm, can anybody tell me how to install yum on CentOS5?
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no default repositories in yum
I am trying to install gtk-murrine-engine on my RedHat Linux Client 5.5 using yum install. It says package not available. It appears that there only exists some local repositories in yum , pertaining ...
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Where is the best location for finding information on /yum?
So I'm trying install php-mcrypt on one server and git-core on another server. It seems like locating packages is where I'm falling short. (just learning server administration)
I'm very ignorant of ...
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Flash plugin installation error
Somehow I found a repository for fedora core 3 flash plug-in. When I tried to install the flash plug-in I have encountered this error. I can't figure it out what does it mean, or how to solve this ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
