Questions tagged [yum]
Yellowdog Updater Modified (yum) is an interactive, rpm based, package manager.
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Error installing package
In my CentOS Stream Linux 9 when I run the command: yum install perl-DBD-MySQL It gives me an error: Transaction Summary ===============================================================================...
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yum timeout operation too slow setting
in doing a reposync of EPEL, a particular download of an rpm is doing... some.rpm: Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for http:///repo.wherever.edu [operation too slow less than 1000 bytes/sec ...
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How to install DNF packages using Yum when Python packages are in a different location
We have a RHEL 8.10 server, and the default location for Python packages is under /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/. This includes, of course, the DNF packages located at /usr/lib/python3.6/site-...
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yum/dnf Curl(56) Error but raw curl works
I am running a WSL RedHat 9.4 instance. Running e.g. dnf update appears to sporadically update repos. For instance, from one output: BaseOS-9 ...
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what to do when `yum clean all` hangs
in RHEL-8.10, doing a yum clean all only prints out Updating Subscription Management repositories. then hangs unless I ctrl-c to kill it. I have done multiple reboots, this problem still persists (...
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PHP Rebuild Using Updated OpenSSL
My current setup uses a very old OS (CentOS7.9). I just installed PHP8.2.26 using CWP's PHP Version Switcher module. CentOS yum only updates to OpenSSL to v1.0.2k which is what I had installed. I ...
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Offline installation of YUM and updates from a single system to multiple systems without connecting to internet
Is it possible to make 1 IBMi (for example Development LPAR where the updates will be tested or YUM installation will be done by connecting to the internet) system as a key system where the update ...
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Installing plain dnf/yum over an existing microdnf setup
Recently lambda/dotnet:8 switch over to amazonlinux:2023 instead of amazonlinux:2. As a result I can't install simply the native compilers directly inside the image. Steps: > docker pull public.ecr....
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yum command not working after removing python3.6 files from server
I am facing one problem while running yum command. While runnning yum command I am getting below error: -bash: /usr/bin/yum: /usr/libexec/platform-python: bad interpreter: No such file or directory. ...
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Where does the value of `$releasever` come from on RHEL?
I'm installing epel-release in two different RHEL 9.4-based containers: yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-$(rpm -E %{rhel}).noarch.rpm One is based on: $ grep ^...
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Is there an option to pass yum install a list of flags add a config flag to it?
I need to enable keepalived with a flag --enable-json in order for the keepalived_exporter to work. Since I install packages using yum and I don't want to compile things myself, is there an option to ...
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Docker build issues with CentOS: unable to resolve mirrorlist.centos.org in Dockerfile; CentOS Docker image deprecated
I have a Dockerfile that used to work, but now I am getting errors. An example is: FROM centos:7 RUN yum install -y \ ca-certificates \ curl \ tree \ ; When I run docker build -...
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How do you find packages and dependencies?
Trying to figure out how to even find where repos exist for yum installations. I'm completely new to this yum install so, if yum install whatever does not work I don't know where to even look to see ...
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How do you establish a relationship on a library such that a breaking change in the library forces an update on all dependencies?
Let's say I have two packages and a library, all at version 1. PackageFoo version 1. PackageBar version 1. LibBaz version 1. Now, PackageFoo requires LibBaz PackageBar requires LibBaz However, let'...
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Why don't the timestamps in /var/cache/yum change after `yum makecache`?
Environment: CentOS 7.6.1810 + yum-3.4.3-161.el7.centos.noarch We found there were some strange phenomena with the timestamps of the subdir/files under the /var/cachec/yum in one of our CentOS systems....
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