Yes, it is possible to do what you want to do. Essentially, what you need to do is create a local repository containing the Centos 5.8 packages and upgrade your system using that repository.
Create a file /etc/yum.repos.d/file.repo which should have the contents as mentioned below:
When you do "yum list" you should be able to see the new repository. If so, then you can use "yum upgrade" to upgrade your system.
While installing solaris10 from iso dvd image in vmware on windows
i get the follworing error right after i select solaris 10 from grub menu
panic/thread=fec20160: page_unlock: page fe2b5730 is not locked
why is it doing this?
installation does work if i have the physical dvd into... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I would like to know the difference between YUM UPDATE and YUM UPGRADE. The man pages say upgrade is same as update with the obsolete option. And by default it says the obsolete option is turned on, which would make them equivalent. Does not say what obsolete does.
Can someone please... (3 Replies)
Im using CentOs 5.5 , i tried to change the host name to be for example my_server_1 , according to the web i changed the /etc/sysconf/network to look like this :
NETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=no
#HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
HOSTNAME=my_server_1
and changed the hosts file to look like this... (1 Reply)
Hello i have CentOS installed on vmware , few days ago every thing was working fine. today every time im connect with putty to the CentOs server after few minutes it disconnect me , how can i find what is the reason ? (5 Replies)
I did an upgrade on Jan 3,2014 from CentOS 6.4 to 6.5 and noticed that there hasnt been any updates since then
Jan 03 11:45:05 Updated: 12:dhcp-common-4.1.1-38.P1.el6.centos.i686
Jan 03 11:45:06 Updated: hwdata-0.233-9.1.el6.noarch
Jan 03 11:45:11 Updated:... (4 Replies)
Hello Guyz
First of all, I'm new to Linux with basic SSH knowledge, so any additional help would be much appreciated.
I'm using a Linux VPS
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cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.10 (Final)
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I know this is an outdated version. My VPS came with all necessary modules : PHP,... (5 Replies)
Hi!
One of our clients need RHEL 7 on PPC hardware for their R&D setup and they are particular about this being 'Little Endian'.
The problem is that Redhat doesn't have LE RHEL7 images below 7.1 while the latest toolkit (which is needed while reimaging an IBM LPAR) that IBM provides only... (0 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
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)