Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo Comment out the “mirrorlist” entries. Uncomment the “baseurl” entries and change them to http://vault.centos.org/4.9/os/$basearch nJoy 😉
Reviving dead Centos 4 repos
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Discover which repo holds a package in CentOS.
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It is sometimes useful not only to know your repo list covers you for all the stack of software you want but also where does a package actually reside. The repoquery command comes to the rescue.
Installing EPEL Repository on CentOS
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EPEL stands for Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux. This is a massive collection of packages that are very useful for the building of many modern stacks and include many tools for the running and maintenance of systems. The homepage of EPEL is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL. You can browse the package set using repoview: EPEL 6: i386, x86_64, ppc64, sources EPEL 5: i386, x86_64, ppc, sources Installing on…
Fixing Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum
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What does it mean? The yum message “Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.” or, as the yum message said for a few months, “Warning: RPMDB has been altered since the last yum transaction.” means some application has altered the rpm database (installed or removed a package) without going through the Yum APIs. This is almost…
How do I enable the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository on Amazon AMI?
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EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a repository of (as the name implies) A collection of packages not directly released with the given linux distribution release cycle. By default these packages are not available but all the wiring in the amazon AMI instance is already done all one needs to do is enable it….