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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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How to merge .rpmnew files in Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)?

A few .rpmnew files are being created after performing an upgrade of the Fedora OS. The normal procedure for merging .rpmnew files into the original ones is to compare the differences, make the necessary changes to the configuration on the .rpmnew…
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MySQL Upgrade RPM

I have a centos5.5 system and have MySQL 5.0.27 install. Now I want to upgrade this to MySQL 5.5.28(Latest). I have two questions, What is the difference between RPM(Redhat) which is recommended and Generic binary tarball. Do they have performance…
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Which mirror should I use to download Kernel Xen 6.3?

I'm following this construction to install (version 4.1.2) on a CentOS 6.2 (x86_64) system. When I use this command yum install http://au1.mirror.crc.id.au/repo/kernel-xen-release-6-3.noarch.rpm I face this error: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror,…
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Packages in Fedora 11

I'm trying to find a list of the packages that Fedora 11 installs. I guess this is either on the .iso for the install DVD or part of the anaconda package. In particular I'd like a minimal list. I understand that this might not be the right question;…
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What is the correct dependency rpm for libcurl.so.3

So I have a failed dependency and I am having trouble downloading the correct rpm. The error is libcurl.so.3()(64bit) is needed. I have Centos 6 and I have looking in this site for the correct rpm. The problem though is, and this is another place…
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Installing multiple mysql as rpm vs tarball

Which is the suitable way to install multiple mysql servers without affecting the current installation in fedora( rpm or tarball)?
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Creating YUM/RPM repositories

I'd like to create a standard yum/rpm repository with package signing and whatever other best practices exist. What is the procedure to add RPM, sign it and update the repo xmls?
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rpm -Uvh & yum install

I am new to linux and wants to understand the reason for using some commands. I am trying to install PostgreSQL on CentOs by following the instructions here. First we do rpm -ivh pgdg-centos91-9.1-4.noarch.rpm which installs the rpm package into…
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Client is not able to use Yum Server configured on Server under /home/RPMS file path

I have configured Yum Server on Server 10.0.0.1(Redhat 5.3) All RPMS are here /home/RPMS/Server. Now on another machine i have Centos 5.3 (10.0.0.30).I want to use yum Server of 10.0.0.1 on 10.0.0.3 as client. So i did edit yum.conf file on client…
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~/.rpmmacros and how to view/add to it

I am currently following a guide to install Java 1.4 on the CentOS site and was wondering if anyone could help me understand some of the terminology. It states: For this example, it will be assumed that the contents of…
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Postgres 9.2 beta for Suse SLES

I am searching the internets high and low, but can't find any Postgres 9.2 beta versions for any SLES versions. Can I take some Fedora RPM or similiar, or can someone tell me how to find the RPMs on the internets? Thanks for any link or hint.
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What is the RPMRepository

In several CentOS tutorials, they advise enabling the RPMRepository. I have some questions about this repository. It seems like it's a RedHat repository that CentOS uses as well, since it's based on RedHat. Is this correct. How do I read the…
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Getting Segmentation fault when installing my RPM trough another RPM requirement

I have a RPM to install SWFtools as written here. I have a another RPM that I created containing basic applications, shared to all of our servers. the first RPM (SWFtools) should be installed after the basic RPM. If I install them one by one, the…
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rpmbuild gives seg fault

I am trying to build an rpm using the rpmbuild tool. I have source code which build binaries around 30 GB. This software for which I am making the rpm has dozens of executables. When I copy only the binaries of a single executable (Eg. init) my rpm…
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Handling yum upgrade from pkg-x.y.rpm which requires mod_python to pkg-x.(y+z).rpm with conflicts mod_python

With yum/rpm on RHEL 5 can a yum upgrade be made to remove another, conflicting package - similar to the behaviour of apt-get dist-upgrade on Debian? I am updating the .spec for our product's rpm. Version 4.2.x used mod_python, so the spec…
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