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Managing Software with yum on Linux

Python Script to update yum yum stuck forever Yum Error Fatal error, run database recovery Auto update CentOS 6 server with yum yum is command used to install software on RHEL, CentOS and Fedora Servers. To install software, use command


How to install whois on CentOS server

While moving a web site, i want to check whois of the domain to find name servers. I run Whois is not installed, we need to install it. To find which package provide whois command, run We found out the


Auto update CentOS server with yum

It is better to use yum-updatesd to do the updates, check the HOW-TO at http://webhostingneeds.com/Get_email_notification_when_updates_available_yum in /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf Set do_update = yes


fipscheck conflicts with fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64

When i run yum update i get error [root@server12 ~]# yum update ….. ….. some text removed ….. ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve: fipscheck conflicts with fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64 Complete! (1, [‘Please report this error in bugzilla’]) [root@server12 ~]# This is caused


Installing Java on CentOs

Java is available in CentOS 5. root@server70 [~]# yum list|grep openjdk java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 installed java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 updates java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 updates java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 updates java-1.6.0-openjdk-src.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 updates root@server70 [~]# To install java, run yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk Java will be installed on


Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Crypt::PasswdMD5) is needed by package syslinux

When i run yum update I got following error root@server70 [~]# yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net * base: mirrors.service.softlayer.com * updates: mirrors.service.softlayer.com * addons: mirrors.service.softlayer.com * extras: mirrors.service.softlayer.com rpmforge | 1.1