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RPM Package Manager is a package management system used primarily for GNU/Linux operating systems. It used the .rpm file format.

RPM Package Manager is a package management system. "RPM" refers to the .rpm file format, files in this format, software packaged in such files, and the package manager itself. RPM was intended primarily for GNU/Linux distributions. The file format is the baseline package format of the Linux Standard Base.

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Why can't RPM find dependencies, although they are installed?

Im' trying to rpm -ivh an RPM package. The install fails, saying that php53 dependencies are failing. However, I installed these packages in that very same version, so I don't understand why rpm doesn't find them : [xxxx@localhost 02.00.00]$ sudo…
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How to stop services in spec file

I have this spec file that will install numerous rpm packages such as apache, mysql, etc. I'm new to building rpms and I did looked at the Fedora documentation but I did not find the answer to my question. How do I add commands in my spec file so…
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How to build from source on CentOS 5.9?

I'm building iptraf-ng on CentOS 5.9 and running into the following errors: src/packet.c: In function ‘packet_process’: src/packet.c:322: error: ‘ETH_P_QINQ1’ undeclared (first use in this function) src/packet.c:322: error: (Each undeclared…
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rpm to track system version requiring all rpms as dependency surpasses 8k per line limit

I would like to be able to install one package that tracks the version of the system. If this package is installed I would like to be able to guarantee that the system is at the appropriate update level. For example if my_rpm-1.0 is installed the…
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Upgrading ImageMagick RHEL 5

We have been using ImageMagick for quite some time with out any trouble. However, today we can across an pdf we were trying to convert into a jpg thumbnail, which would fail: $ convert example.pdf -resize 600 thumb.jpg Error: /rangecheck in…
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Any good yum repository management dashboards?

I'm currently managing hundreds of CentOS/Amazon Linux servers, and our homegrown tools for managing the myriad package versions seems inadequate and unnecessary. What I'm looking for is a tool that each server would connect to and would then report…
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Why doesn't build of net-snmp-5.7.2 provide /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmptrapd?

I am packaging an RPM for RHEL6, built from net-snmp-5.7.2.tar.gz. I see that the file /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmpd gets created and packaged but I do not see the init file for /etc/rc.d/init.d/snmptrapd. Is snmptrapd depreciated? Did I forget to pass…
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can not install glibc-devel 'Requires: libnss_files.so.2' error

I'm using Linux 6.1 I need to install glibc-devel but it fails with this error. [root@server1 Packages]# yum install glibc-devel-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit Setting up Install Process Examining…
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How to create Python (2.7.3) RPM package?

No matter what I try, I cannot do this. I'm on Centos 5.6 x86_64 1 python setup.py bdist_rmp gives me syntax error: [root@localhost Python-2.7.3]# python setup.py bdist_rpm File "setup.py", line 361 with open(tmpfile) as fp: 2 checkinstall…
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Building Tripwire RPM on CentOS6

I have been unable to locate a pre-built RPM for Tripwire on CentOS6. I have tried installing the one from CentOS5, as well as a couple of later Fedora RPMs, but all fail on a dependency on libcrypto.so.6. I DO have the openssl-devel package…
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Hamachi 2 for CentOS 6.3 ham0 network interface missing

I am trying to install Hamachi on CentOS 6.3 (64-bit), but the network interface never appears. I installed from the official Hamachi RPMs: sudo rpm -ihv logmein-hamachi-2.1.0.86-1.x86_64.rpm Installation appears to succeed: Preparing... …
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How to return a package to its original state

I'm running a CentOS 6 server with VirtualBox 4.2 Headless. Lately my virtualbox installation hasn't been running correctly. The problem is that, whenever I try to do something I get this error: [user@server ~]$ VBoxManage list…
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RPM ignoring Requires version

I've packaged up clamav into some rpms for distribution inside our rhn, however I'm having some issues with dependency resolution when doing upgrades. the spec file builds 4 packages: clamav - contains the main files clamav-db - …
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php-soap 5.3.17-2 el6 x86_64

I just transferred a website to a server where I appear to lack the PHP-SOAP extension. Unfortunately I cannot upgrade to the 5.4.10 that is available on remi at the moment as I am not 100% sure if the existing codes would still work and not cause…
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Why rpm -q vnc-server return not installed after apparent succesful installation

root@host [/tmp]# yum install vnc-server Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.sanctuaryhost.com * extras: mirror.ubiquityservers.com * updates:…
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