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YUM is an open-source command-line package-management utility for RPM-compatible Linux operating systems.

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Yum: What is the @shortname for a Package Group?

I am creating a kickstart file, and I want to install certain Package Groups in the %packages section. I prefer to install Package Groups, and therefore use the @packagegroup syntax: %packages @Base @...
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Will 'yum' update will do COMMIT in iptables on update? [closed]

I've one RPM package which I need to update on production server with some customer iptables rules, and my previous version of the package have some sysconfig/iptables-custom rules inside. The new ...
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yum security update - message indicating kernel version not up to date

Running yum --security check-update returns this message: Security: kernel-3.x.x-x.63 is an installed security update Security: kernel-3.x.x-x.29 is the currently running version I already ran the ...
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Install gettext-0.17-1.el5.i386.rpm on CentOS 5.8 i386 gives "/usr/bin/python is needed" error

I've removed yum by mistake. So, now I'm installing all the dependencies needed by yum manually. One of those is gettext-0.17-1.el5.i386.rpm and when I try to install it gives the following error, ...
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YUM Update Failed - Error in POSTIN scriptlet in rpm package

Running "yum update" and it gets to installing and then breaks. Not sure what the problem is. Google shows nothing. Error in POSTIN scriptlet in rpm package gtk2-2.18.9-10.el6.x86_64 error: error ...
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yum update, how to make rpm package updateable

need a link or tutorial on how to make an rpm package work with yum UPDATE. i have it and already works with yum INSTALL and yum ERASE, but is there somewhere info on how to make rpm package work when ...
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yum update kernel without removing old?

When I yum update it wants to remove the oldest of the 3 kernel I have and upgrade to a new. Is it possible to get yum not to remove old kernels?
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Scientific Linux won't boot after yum updates kernel

I just updated kernel for my Linux: [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Scientific Linux release 6.1 (Carbon) [root@localhost ~]# uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6....
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yum update failed

I have problem doing a yum update on my OpenVZ VPS. I get this error message: (56/69): glibc-devel-2.5-81.el5_8.7.x86_64.rpm | 2.4 MB 00:00 (57/69): libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-52.el5_8.1....
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My yum repository able to search packages, but not able to install it in RHEL?

I set up yum from dvd. Following is the containts of my .repo file: [dvd] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation DVD baseurl=file:///media/dvd enabled=0. I'm able to search packages. However ...
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PHP Page Stopped outputting content After Running "yum install php-devel" Command

This error is bizarre but after running the "yum install php-devel" command (after a long day of trying to install Facedetect and OpenCV for face detection) my site stopped functioning. The site uses ...
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Unable to start tomcat6: Java error (Exception in thread "main")

After installing tomcat6 on CentOS 6.3, I am unable to start tomcat6 server. root@host [/var/log/tomcat6]# service tomcat6 start Starting tomcat6: [ OK ] ...
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yum update glibc dependency error on SL 6.1

On SL6.1 I am trying to yum update glibc and it's failing I think with a conflict of sources, but I'm not too sure. I don't really know how to parse the yum error, but here it is: # yum update glibc ...
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Yum package conflict between different architectures

I have a machine running CentOS 5.5 I want to upgrade to the newest 5.x release. It's tripping over freetype. Freetype has both an i386 and an x86_64 version installed. This is normal, but the x86_64 ...
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qpid-cpp-client won't update through yum

somewhere around last week I received a notification for update, so I've tried "yum update" and that's what I'm getting... [alexus@wcmisdlin02 ~]$ sudo yum update Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit ...
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How can I install VLC on RHEL 6.3?

I'm having a problem installing VLC on Red hat 6.3 When I try to use yum install vlc all goes well until it shows me this in the end: Error: Package: vlc-2.0.3-6.el6.x86_64 (linuxtech-release) ...
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Is this an OK way to install Apache with SSL on CentOS 6?

I'm setting up a CentOS 6 server on a VPS. I've worked with Apache before, but I've never dealt with CentOS 6. I guess it would just be this right? sudo yum install httpd -y sudo yum install mod_ssl ...
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How can I tell Puppet "If I declare class X, apply its resources before class Y"?

In my Puppet configuration I want to say "If I declare class X, apply its resources before class Y." In other words, I want to declare an ordering, but remain silent about whether or not to apply ...
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Howto get yum to install only dependencies for a given pakage?

I am looking for a way to have yum install only dependencies for a given package, something like an --prepare-for-install option so I can take a snapshot of the prepared system and test the rpm setup ...
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Yum update without updating or asking to update

How do I run yum update but don't update or ask to update, just output the packages available for update and then exit.
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Missing Dependency: perl(YAML::Any)

I have a problem with git, when I run yum upgrade on a centos5 server. yum upgrade output: Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package git.x86_64 0:1.7.11.3-1.el5.rf set ...
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Dependency issue while installing perl-Net-SNMP

When I tried installing perl-Net-SNMP, I get the dependency error below : # yum install perl-Net-SNMP ... --> Processing Dependency: perl(Digest::HMAC) for package: perl-Net-SNMP-5.2.0-4.el6....
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howto remove udev from centos(lxc-guest) without dependencies

i downloaded a openvz template for my lxc server to create a new centos 6.3 guest. Now the guest is not starting because udev is hanging in the boot process. Last time i didn't had this problem but ...
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Compilation error installing Nominatim

I am trying to install Nominatim from its source on github. PostgreSQL 9.1 and PostGIS 2 has already been installed using yum. The system is running CentOS 6.3 with cPanel. git clone --recursive ...
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Dependency issue installing PostGIS on CentOs 6.3

I am new to linux and is trying to install PostGIS2 after successfully installing PostgreSQL 9.1. The machine is running CentOS 6.3 and has cPanel installed. Problem: When I tried installing PostGIS ...
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rpm -Uvh & yum install

I am new to linux and wants to understand the reason for using some commands. I am trying to install PostgreSQL on CentOs by following the instructions here. First we do rpm -ivh pgdg-centos91-9.1-...
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Using IUS repos with CentOS5 and Webmin, how should I set up Yum Priorities?

Following hobodave's excellent answer to this question - Upgrade Centos 5 tot PHP 5.2 or 5.3 [recommended way?] - I'm just wondering how I should set up my Yum Priorities so that IUS takes precedent ...
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Removed and then reinstalled php-common via yum. Now no virtual hosts?

Using yum I wanted to install the php-gdlibrary, however there was a dependency issue with php-common preventing me from installing php-gd. So after some digging I found this article on SO. I followed ...
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YUM Server Configuration Error on VirtualBox

I am using two SL6.0 virtual machines on VirtualBox. I want to create a YUM environment. YUM server has been successfully created and the YUM client has also been configured correctly. But when I ...
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Yum, Redhat - Why am I getting 'Name collision between …' errors and how can I fix this?

Every time I try to launch 'yum' I get the following errors: Name collision between kterm kterm Name collision between kterm-color kterm-color Name collision between xterm-nic xterm-nic Name ...
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How to update from RHEL6.1 to RHEL6.2 ,not RHEL6.3

Now I'm using RHEL version 6.1, and would like to update to 6.2. If I use the command , yum update the OS version become 6.3. so I used the command below yum install kernel-2.6.32-220.23.1.el6 ...
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Client is not able to use Yum Server configured on Server under /home/RPMS file path

I have configured Yum Server on Server 10.0.0.1(Redhat 5.3) All RPMS are here /home/RPMS/Server. Now on another machine i have Centos 5.3 (10.0.0.30).I want to use yum Server of 10.0.0.1 on 10.0.0.3 ...
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yum update wants to update kernel, is this ok?

CentOS 5.x 64bit w/ Plesk server : yum update wants to update kernel etc, is this ok? this is what 'yum update' outputs : --> Running transaction check ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-308....
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Install php-soap in CentOS 5.6 with PHP 5.2.17

yum install php-soap results in "No package php-soap available" warning. Removing "exclude =php*" from /etc/yum.conf results in confirmation to install php-soap & php-common VERSION 5.1.6-39....
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How Do I Invoke Berkeley Database 1.85 Compatibility Mode Under CentOS 5?

I have been trying to work with databases that were created under Berkeley Database 1.85 so that I can convert them to MySQL. I believe the files are Berkeley DB 1.85 under CentOS 5 for the following ...
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Installing lighttpd on CentOS 6.3 yum 404 errors

I have a CentOS 6.3 x86_64 server and I am trying to install lighttpd. I have installed the EPEL repo on the server using the following: rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-...
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install openssl-devel on ec2

I am trying to install openssl-devel on a 64bit linux instance on ec2. However, when I try to install it sudo yum install openssl-devel I get this error: Error: Package: openssl-devel-1.0.0g-1.26....
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Installing Tomcat 6 on CentOS 6.3 [closed]

I have a CentOS 6.3 server with cPanel. I want to install tomcat 6 (not 5.5 that cPanel supports). When I tried : yum -y install tomcat6 tomcat6-webapps tomcat6-admin-webapps I get the error: (View ...
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Install software on CentOS: binaries or rpm?

I am pretty new to linux systems. I have the option of installing a software (ImageMagick) using either its .rpm or compiling the source from .tar.gz (which I have already done). Which one should I (...
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Upgrading MySQL 5.5 to 5.6

I've decided to do the update of MySQL from 5.5 to 5.6 on my CentOS server. How can I backup MySQL5.5 in case I want to downgrade, and how can I install MySQL 5.6? Is there a way to use yum for this?...
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yum security updates list not longer updating

I have a server that no longer lists the current security relevant updates when using: yum list-security or yum --security check-updates At one point yum tried to update a package and couldn't ...
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yum: Difference between mysql, mysql-server and mysql-devel

What are the differences between the packages here? mysql, mysql-server and mysql-devel I am installing a SQL server to use with PHP, but I found these three packages and am not sure which to use.
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Centos/RHEL 6: 32bit PHP package on 64bit architecture

How can I install the i686 php package on an x86_64 architecture?
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Trouble installing php-devel on CentOS 6

I'm trying to install the mongo drivers for PHP on CentosOS 6. Running "pecl install mongo" complains that "php-devel package is required". Running "yum install php-devel" gives the following error: ...
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RHEL 6.3 Mysql Install

I am attempting to install mysql on a server. It's a fresh install of RHEL 6.3. Yet, when I run 'yum install mysql mysql-server, I get the following messages. Loaded plugins: product-id, security, ...
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Upgrade mysql version

I am trying to upgrade mysql package to 5.5 on centos. (amazon image - ami-cc5af9a5) There is 5.1 version of mysql-libs that can not be uninstalled because postfix is dependent upon it. But I can not ...
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installing gcc on CentOS

I want to install node.js on CentOS unfortunately i'm having trouble installing gcc (and all of the things that generally come with it in order to get node to even compile) on centOS via commandline. ...
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Necessary proxy exception list for RHEL updates

Anyone know if I need to allow more than *.rhn.redhat.com on 443 & 80 via a proxy exception to allow my RHEL servers to go out and grab updates ? Haven't received the hardware yet, but I'm just ...
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yum command not loading packages from custom .repo file on CentOS 6

I added a this .repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ on CentOS 6. Then when I try to install package from this repo I do not see the mirrors loaded from this repo. Output of yum repolist is Loaded plugins:...
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Reinstalling python on CentOS to be able to use yum

Yesterday I accidentally removed the python package using "yum remove" on a CentOS server. After then I realized yum was dependant on python and I could no longer use yum. I think I need to reinstall ...
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