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

The Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM) is an open-source command-line package-management utility for RPM-compatible Linux operating systems and has been released under the GNU General Public License. Though yum has a command-line interface, several other tools provide graphical user interfaces to yum functionality.

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How do I install an rpm that complains about rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1?

Im trying to install an rpm file on CentOS 5 and Im not sure how to resolve this issues it brings up: $ rpm --install epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm warning: epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 0608b895 error:…
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How to install git to red hat enterprise linux 5.3 x64?

How can I configure yum to use some repository which has git rpms?
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Do I need to restart server after a linux kernel update?

I am using webmin (which uses yum) to install updates on my server, and it somestimes updates kernel as well including kernel-firmware and kernel-headers. Do I need to restart the server after a kernel update?
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What's the difference between `yum install ` and `yum localinstall `

If I have an RPM located on a local disk - what is the diffrefence between the following yum commands? sudo yum install /tmp/rpm_name.rpm sudo yum localinstall /tmp/rpm_name.rpm Note: I use RedHat/CentOS 7.
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Install Xvfb via yum - yum repository for Xvfb?

I am trying to install Xvfb on a RHEL 6.2 system using yum. However, all of the help that I've found says to type: yum install Xvfb or... yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb Which I'm sure would work if I had the correct repo configured,…
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How to fix the warning: "RPMDB altered outside of yum"?

I have a RHEL 6 system, that I primarily manage through RHN Satellite. Recently I scheduled some updates through Satellite and received a response that the updates had failed. I ssh'd into the system to investigate, and saw this warning when…
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yum equivalent of "apt-get purge"

I want to reinstall a package on CentOS and start from scratch. In Debian, I can do a apt-get purge foo and it'll remove all config files for foo. yum remove foo doesn't remove the config files. Is there any way to do apt-get purge foo using yum?
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Upgrade cURL to latest on CentOS

I need to upgrade cURL to the latest version on Centos 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5.centos.plusxen #1 SMP Wed Mar 17 20:32:20 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I'm unable to find any suitable packages to do so via yum or rpm. Is there a standard way…
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Solving multilib version problems

I use CentOS 6.4 When I tried to install libgcc with yum install libgcc.i686 I took following massages. Error: Multilib version problems found. This often means that the root cause is something else and multilib version checking is just …
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How do I update YUM repositories?

I am very, very new to all this so baby steps please if helping is appreciated. I am trying to connect to the following repository so I can update my YUM packages: http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/centos/5/SRPMS/ honestly I have no idea how to do that…
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Installing Fedora RPMs in CentOS

How safe is it to install Fedora RPMs in CentOS 5? Does it depend on the version of the Fedora RPM or is it generally better to steer clear?
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How to remove this warning "This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register."

I get the following error when i am listing the updates.Server is currently registered with ULN. Although its a warning, i do not want the below message displayed when i am issuing yum command.i found out subscription-manager plugin is loaded. How…
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yum error in PREUN scriptlet when removing packages

Trying to uninstall zarafa mail server. I use yum list installed to view the already installed packages. After which I use yum erase zarafa* It picks up all the packages but returns: Error in PREUN scriptlet in rpm package zarafa-dagent Error in…
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How do I upgrade to the latest PHP version in CentOS with yum?

I found some blog posts about this, but it's rather lack of descriptions on possible side effects. I could really use some detailed on these steps: How to add a repo that provides PHP 5.4 into yum Can this seamlessly replaces the current PHP…
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Automatically check for Security Updates on CentOS or Scientific Linux?

We have machines running RedHat-based distros such as CentOS or Scientific Linux. We want the systems to automatically notify us if there are any known vulnerabilities to the installed packages. FreeBSD does this with the ports-mgmt/portaudit…
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