Followyum ( Yellow Dog Update Modifier) is an interactive, rpm based, package manager. It can automatically perform system updates, including dependency analysis and obsolete processing based on “repository” meta-data. It can also perform installation of new packages, removal of old packages and perform queries on the installed and/or available packages among many other commands/services. yum is similar to other high level package managers like apt-get and smart.
You can use any one of the following scripts to instal l yum on your server or vps. Its very easy , create .sh file with the contents and execute !!
Install Yum on CentOS 5 i386
# vi install_centos5_i386.sh
for file in \
elfutils-libs-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm \
gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.i386.rpm \
readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm \
python-2.4.3-27.el5.i386.rpm \
python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm \
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm \
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm \
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_4.2.i386.rpm \
python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.i386.rpm \
sqlite-3.3.6-5.i386.rpm \
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm \
elfutils-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm \
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386.rpm \
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.6.i386.rpm \
python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-5.el5.noarch.rpm \
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.i386.rpm \
yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpm \
yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos.noarch.rpm \
do rpm -Uvh –nodeps http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/$file;
done
yum -y update
# bash install_centos5_i386.sh
Install Yum on CentOS 5 x86_64
# vi install_yum_centos5_X86_64.sh
for file in \
gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.x86_64.rpm \
readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm \
python-2.4.3-27.el5.x86_64.rpm \
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm \
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm \
CentOS/expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm \
python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.x86_64.rpm \
CentOS/sqlite-3.3.6-5.x86_64.rpm \
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.x86_64.rpm \
elfutils-libelf-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.rpm \
elfutils-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.rpm \
rpm-4.4.2.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm \
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-18.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm \
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.6.x86_64.rpm \
python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-5.el5.noarch.rpm \
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm \
python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm \
yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpm \
yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos.noarch.rpm \
do rpm -Uvh –nodeps http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/$file;
done
yum -y update
# bash install_yum_centos5_X86_64.sh
Install Yum on CentOS 5.5
# vi install_yum_centos5-5.sh
for file in \
gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.x86_64.rpm \
readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm \
python-2.4.3-27.el5.x86_64.rpm \
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm \
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm \
CentOS/expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm \
python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.x86_64.rpm \
CentOS/sqlite-3.3.6-5.x86_64.rpm \
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.x86_64.rpm \
elfutils-libelf-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.rpm \
elfutils-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.rpm \
rpm-4.4.2.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm \
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm \
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.6.x86_64.rpm \
python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-5.el5.noarch.rpm \
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm \
python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm \
yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpm \
yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos.noarch.rpm \
do rpm -Uvh –nodeps http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/$file;
done
yum -y update
# bash install_yum_centos5-5.sh
Once you execute any one of the above (processor specific) scripts it will install yum binary and create necessary yum configuration files in /etc/yum.conf and /etc/yum.repos.d/
Now you can play with yum , which is one of the admin friendly command in Linux 🙂
I have documented some yum commands here : Yum commands
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