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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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Rollback Yum machine to historical state, ignoring "obsoletes"

I have a large number of stateful servers that use Yum for package management. I am interested in a general automatic process for rolling them back to a historical state. Usually, enabling the correct repo and using distro-sync would be sufficient,…
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Broken yum installation

I tried to update my CentOS on my server using yum update but I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 4, in import yum File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 59,…
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Build Docker image with a future view of RPM upgrade

My aim is to build a docker image for my application, the core part of the application is installed through RPM during the image build. Suppose I've built my docker image with 'application-version-1.rpm' file and a container is running with this…
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What is the dpkg equivalent of "rpm -i"?

I have a package installed on an Ubuntu machine, and I need to list the metadata of that installed package to determine where it came from. On a Redhat based machine, "rpm -i [packagename]" will give me the information I need. What is the equivalent…
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Installing MySQL on Red Hat Linux on the remote server without internet using pre-downloaded RPM packages

I am trying to install MySQL on the Red Hat Linux remote server without the internet. Problem is : Can't use internet on the server (so cant use 'yum install ..' commands) Solution found: To pre-download RMP packages required for the MySQL…
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Unable to install some required packages in Red Hat Linux

I Have RHEL6.5. I mam trying to install some required packages.Here is the response Error Downloading Packages: glibc-2.12-1.132.el6.i686: failure: Packages/glibc-2.12-1.132.el6.i686.rpm from Local: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. …
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rpm command hangs when executed as non-root user on RHEL7

I have a weird problem where the rpm command hangs for 40 seconds (it's always exactly 40 seconds) when executed as any non-root user. It doesn't matter what command line arguments are used, even "rpm" without any arguments hangs (rpm --help is the…
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Build gcc 4.1.2 from src RPM on a CentOS 5.10

I need an advice on how to compile gcc 4.1.2 on a CentOS 5.10. The long story: I've a got a Citrix XenServer Creedence beta 1 up and running OK. It has actually CentOS 5.10 as the dom0. This can be figured out like this: [admin@xenserver ~]$ rpm -q…
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Most updated repositories for Linux?

I currently use the EPEL and FamilleCollet Repos and I wonder whether there are others trustworthy RPM that update more frequently? For e.g the latest EPEL release 6.8 install Nginx 1.0.15 which is a very old version
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Compare installed rpm packages with available?

I would like to find the vmware packages that I haven't installed from their repo. The problem is that the output of yum search vmware is not the same format at from rpm -qa|grep vmware. Question How Can I make a diff of the installed and available…
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What is the difference between rpm file and 'make' source code from installation perspective

The RPM is compiled file package which is easy to use. The problem is some RPMs need much dependencies which is annoying. I have to search and download the dependency RPMs. Alternatively, I can download the source code, and use './configure' ->…
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VMWare, Debian or RPM based

I need some advice, I am installing a monitoring tool on a VMWare server, and I need ask a stupid question :p Is a VMWare ESXi 5.1 server, Ubuntu or RPM based? Thanks
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Rebuild rpm under centos

i need to install MySQL 4.1 under a Centos web server(My centos release is 6.4, x86_64), can anyone please help me with rebuilding so many dependencies? I use rpmrebuild command and gcc, gcc-c++ are already installed. Here is the rpm list which i…
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RPM installed but not installed RHEL6

I'm trying to resolve one dependency. Because RHEL6 doesn't contain python-2.4.3, I downloaded the package from RHEL5 and put it into our own repository. Then upon installing it: ... ---> Package cppunit.x86_64 0:1.12.0-4.el5.1 will be installed …
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how can i get a honeyd rpm?

I am running Centos 6, I am looking for a honeyd rpm that is safe to use. Where can I get it? I'd rather not compile from source. I've tried looking in the CentOS epel repository, but it is not there. I found it in homebrew, but that seems to be…
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