Process of installation, deletion and update the software configuration in the operating system using a pre-prepared packages.
Questions tagged [package-management]
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How can I remove the GUI bits from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux install?
I am looking at a farm of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3 servers, which all have GNOME and Xorg installed, none of which need them. They were deployed by a 3rd party from a VM template, and I don't know all of their history. What I do know is…
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How can I version control a mirrored upstream repository?
I manage many servers that span multiple environments (dev, qa, staging, and production). To help manage these, we have multiple repositories on a local webserver for our applications (e.g. app_1_el6, app_2_el7, etc.). We also mirror several…
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Install software from packages, or build it from source?
This is a Canonical Question about when to use packaged software and when to build and install it yourself.
When should I install software from packages provided by my OS distribution, instead of building and installing it myself from source? …
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Removing stubborn modules
I'm trying to programatically stomp on bluetooth on RHEL5.
I've got the service stopped -- no problem. Also no problem on rpm -e for the associated bluetooth packages, bluez-*.
ps -aef | grep -v grep | egrep -c '(sdpd|hcid)'
returns zero , so I…
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How to keep programs from source up to date?
I'm designing a new server setup for hosting multiple websites. (Shared hosting for my clients over at SliceHost.) I've recently moved away from the traditional LAMP setup and chosen Ubuntu, Nginx, php-fpm and mysql.
I like it a lot better then my…
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Using Puppet to install software "bundles"
We're in the process of researching a configuration/systems management implementation and we've done quite a lot of demoing of Puppet. Puppet seems to excel at the somewhat simple "ensure this package is installed, this config file exists, and that…
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How to use dpkg-divert to temporarily remove/replace symlink when package is installed?
The default nginx package creates a symlink named default in the sites-enabled dir, which points to a default config file in sites-available. I'm currently creating a package for an app that sits on top of Nginx, and I want to remove or move away…
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Source vs Package Managers on the job
I am a bit confused, as there are two ways to install applications. One being to configure and make from source and the other from a package manager. If one were a UNIX/Linux administrator, is it fair to use package managers and is it trustworthy?…
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How do I specify that a deb package should replace one with a different name?
I am creating a Debian package foo which needs to replace an existing package bar on systems on which it is installed.
I've read:
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html
And concluded that the correct clauses in the…
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How to completely remove a package in Debian?
I tried to use this:
aptitude remove denyhosts
And it seemed successfully but after a reboot after I use:
ps aux | grep "denyhosts"
I see denyhosts is still loaded after startup.
So what am I supposed to do so that I can stop and destroy it once…
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Best way to automatically update all centos packages except those which might affect a user-specified list of packages?
More specifically...
What I want to be able to do:
Centralized package management.
Keep systems updated without downloading entire repos (i.e. if a system doesn't have Libreoffice on it, I don't want to have to download any Libreoffice…
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Yum (CentOS 6.4) - Remove all Installed Packages
I need to clean my system and redo it all. Is there any easy way to get rid of every single package I've installed (to a point where it's CentOS minimal)? I can't remember all of the packages and
yum list installed
pulls up a list of 1,000s of…
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Copying Cygwin installation from one computer to another?
I have a computer that has a Cygwin installation that has been customized over the years by installing additional packages as needed using Cygwin's setup program.
I'd like to duplicate this installation on a second computer, with the same set of…
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Can anybody tell me how to create my own local package repository for my packages in Ubuntu?
I want to create a package repository for my packages in ubuntu and this repository will be using in multiple Ubuntu systems to install and update packages.
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How to stay up to date with the latest information about UNIX software patches and upgrades?
Until now I have always used the SecurityFocus mailing lists to keep myself informed about the possible need of upgrading my server packages. The main problems I have with using this method:
Massive amount of items every day. I simple don't have…
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