In CentOS 6 DVD (there are 2 DVDs), you will find Packages directory which contains the rpm files.
If your system does not have yum installed by default (which is weird), you have to go through the pain of installing it using the rpm command (don't tell me that too does not work!) after installing all dependencies.
Once you have yum, you can use your DVDs as the local yum repository by adding a file named local.repo (or any name with the .repo extension) in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory with the following contents:
...and you can install the packages using yum now.
Hi everyone
I have just joined a software developing team. I am new to unix. Basically
we are developing a product, the problem is when the end user will install this package we would like to install the datbase associated with our product using RPM.
Can it be done?
how secure it is?
and... (0 Replies)
I am working on a HP-UX PARISC 64 architecture.
I am trying to install RPM but without success.
Has any body successfully installed RPM on the above architecture.
I couldnt find a compatible depot file.
I tried to compile the source code for rpm-4.0 package.
All the dependencies are... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have an application to be installed and I want a user to be able to install it.
But I meet the following issues:
Removing MyApp
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open... (1 Reply)
Hi guys, I am trying to install some packages for my oracle 11g r2 installation, the below error shows up when I try below:
warning: glibc-devel-2.5-24.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186
error: Failed dependencies:
glibc-headers is needed by... (8 Replies)
I have a build process that runs on CentOS that builds RPMs for a java-based product. I'd like to be able to install these RPMs on my Mac OS X laptop for testing purposes. I don't need an RPM database to manage dependencies or previously installed packages. Consider this RPM to be a glorified... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I would like to know is it possible to install rpm along its depedable rpm from mounted .iso image on Redhat Linux
while installing rpm it is showing so many depandancy, so I would like to know with single command wheather it will take all depedable rpm from mounted iso image. (1 Reply)
I am attempting to install an rpm of Apache from perzl.org on an AIX 6100-07-03-1207 server and it is failing. I think I have all of the dependencies installed. Can anyone help? Any help would be appreciated.
It fails with the following error:
# rpm -Uvh httpd-2.4.2-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm ... (3 Replies)
I am trying to install an rpm : libiconv-1.14-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm which is a dependency to install GIT.
While I gave the command I got the foll message:
root:user-> $ rpm -i -v libiconv-1.14-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
libiconv-1.14-1
ar: Cannot open or remove a file containing a running program.... (2 Replies)
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yum-utils
yum-utils(1)yum-utils(1)NAME
yum-utils - tools for manipulating repositories and extended package management
SYNOPSIS
debuginfo-install - install debuginfo packages and their dependencies
find-repos-of-install - report which repository the package was installed from
needs-restarting - report process ids that started running before they or some component they use were updated
package-cleanup - manage package cleanup, duplicates, orphaned packages and outstanding dependency problems
repo-graph - outputs a full package dependency list in dot format
repo-rss - generates an RSS feed from one or more repositories
repoclosure - reads metadata of repositories, checks dependencies and displays list of unresolved dependencies
repodiff - takes two or more repositories, returns a list of added, removed or changed packages
repomanage - manages a directory of rpm packages, returns a list of newest or oldest packages in a directory
repoquery - query yum repositories and get additional information on the them
reposync - synchronize a remote yum repository to a local directory using yum to retrieve packages
repotrack - track packages and its dependencies and downloads them
show-changed-rco - list of changes to a package Requires, Conflicts and Obsoletes data from installed to a specified rpm file
show-installed - gives a compact description of packages installed and makes use of comps groups in repositories
verifytree - verify that a local yum repository is consistent
yum-builddep - installs missing dependencies to build a specified package
yum-complete-transaction - finds incomplete or aborted yum transactions and attempts to complete them
yum-config-manager - toggle yum repositories, add new repositories and set main yum configuration options
yum-debug-dump - creates gzipped file containing information for debugging problems
yum-debug-restore - replays any transactions captured in gzipped file in yum shell
yum-groups-manager - create and edit yum's group metadata
yum-installed - print a compact package list making use of comps groups
yumdb - query or alter the yum database
yumdownloader - downloads packages from yum repositories including source RPMs
DESCRIPTION
yum-utils is a collection of tools and programs for managing yum repositories, installing debug packages, source packages, extended infor-
mation from repositories and administration.
NOTES
See respective tools for additional help for commands without a manual page
SEE ALSO debuginfo-install(1), package-cleanup(1), repodiff(1), repoquery(1), reposync(1), repo-rss(1), show-changed-rco(1), show-installed(1), yum-
downloader(1), yum-builddep(1), yum-debug-dump(1), yum-groups-manager(1), yumdb(8), yum-complete-transaction(8)AUTHOR
Shawn Starr <shawn.starr@rogers.com>
yum-utils August 2011 yum-utils(1)