This guide explains how to use a RHEL DVD or CD as a local YUM repository, handy if you need to update an older RHEL server or have not Internet access for installing packages. This guide uses RHEL 5.7 as an example but this should work for any version of RHEL. Technorati Tags: HowTo, Linux, [...]
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YUM How To guide for Linux RPM distros Fedora, CentOS, RHEL
August 4th, 2011 
KJS Ultimate how to guide for YUM the Linux package manager used on a number of Linux distributions such as Redhat RHEL, CentOS & Fedora. Yum uses repositories of RPM packages to download and install new software for your Linux server. The instructions for YUM should be the same for each Linux distro CentOS, RHEL or [...]
How to install RPM
August 1st, 2011 KJS Install an RPM on Linux, Redhat, CentOS or any distro that supports RPM – This is a quick post as I get asked this question a lot from windows users moving to Linux based distros “How do I install stuff” or “How do I install RPM”. Technorati Tags: CentOS, CentOS 6, How-To, [...]
HowTo setup rsnapshot on CentOS & RHEL
May 22nd, 2011 KJS Installing rsnapshot on CentOS & RHEL Installing rsnapshot on CentOS / RHEL requires the EPEL repository please follow our guide on installing EPEL on CentOS / RHEL when using the epel repo I would advise the use of YUM priorities. Once the epel repo is installed enter the following as root: yum install rsnapshot This [...]
CentOS EPEL How To
May 22nd, 2011 KJS CentOS EPEL How To Guide How to install CentOS EPEL repository, this guide walks you through the process of installing the EPEL Repository on CentOS 6, CentOS 5 & 4 & RHEL 4,5 & 6 How to install EPEL on CentOS 4,5 & 6 (the same instructions apply for RHEL and it’s clones). CentOS 4 [...]
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1 Comment »YUM priorities install & configure
May 20th, 2011 KJS This guide will show you how to install and configure YUM priorities on RHEL / CentOS, however I suspect this will work fine on Fedora. Install on CentOS 4 yum install yum-plugin-priorities Install on CentOS 5 yum install yum-priorities Confirm your priorities.conf file contains the following lines: [root@server ~]# cat /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/priorities.conf [main] enabled = 1 [...]
PHP 5.2.17 install CentOS 5 64 bit
April 8th, 2011 KJS ***NOTE*** Please see comments below regarding HowTo install PHP 5.2.17 on CentOS / RHEL following this guide blindly will install PHP 5.3, instructions on how to install PHP 5.2.17 are in the comments below. HowTo install PHP 5.2.17 on CentOS 5 64 bit This small guide shows you how to install PHP [...]
