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6 FAQ tagged "yum_command"

• CentOS Linux apply package updates

  Q. I’ve CentOS Linux 5 Server and I’d like to apply all package and security update. How do I apply package updates from the Internet?
  A. CentOS comes with yum command. It is a command-line interface to update packages. There is also a graphical tool called pup.
  yum command
  For a command-line interface over the ssh session, the [...]

• Download and Install csh / tcsh shell on Linux

  Q. cshell is a shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax. How do I download and install csh shell on Linux?
  A. csh is a command language interpreter incorporating a history mechanism , job control facilities , interactive file name and user name completion, and a C-like syntax. It is used both as an interactive [...]

• Redhat / CentOS Linux list all packages available for installation

  Q. How do I list all packages available for installation from Internet using Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS 5?
  A. You can yum command and it has option to show a list of all packages that are not presently installed and can be installed via RHN or Internet.
  yum list available
  yum list available [...]

• Howto: Update firefox on Linux

  Q. My Firefox version is 2.0.0.0 and I’d like to update the same to latest version. How do I upgrade my Firefox on Linux?
  A. You can easily upgrade firefox on Linux.
  Please note that installing Firefox 2 will overwrite your existing installation of Firefox. You won’t lose any of your bookmarks or browsing history, but some [...]

• Install PHP 5 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

  Q. I saw your earlier article about how to install PHP 5 under Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4. But I’m using Red Hat enterprise Linux 5 and I don’t want to mess up with old version instructions. Is there a way that I can install PHP5 under RHEL 5 without using source rpm?
  A. Redhat [...]

• Download or install C, C++ compiler on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL)

  Q. I have Red hat enterprise Linux 5 installed on one of the production server. However there is no c compiler installed. I need to compile few applications on this box. How do I install C or C++ compiler on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5? Where can I get / download compile package?
  A.In order to [...]

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