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Yum Command Check and Apply Only Security Updates

July 26, 2012July 26, 2012in CentOS, Linux, RedHat and Friends last updated July 26, 2012

How do I only lists and/or updates to be limited using security relevant criteria when I run the yum command under CentOS / RHEL based server system?

RHEL / CentOS Linux: Mount and Access NTFS Partition

September 5, 2011in CentOS, File system, RedHat and Friends last updated September 5, 2011

How to enable NTFS support on CentOS Linux version 5 or 6? How do I mount ntfs partition under RHEL 5 or 6?

RHEL Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum

June 14, 2011in RedHat and Friends last updated June 14, 2011

When I try to update my server using the yum command I’ve been seeing the following error / warning message:

yum install aide
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package aide.x86_64 0:0.14-3.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                Arch                                     Version                                        Repository                                              Size
=============================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 aide                                   x86_64                                   0.14-3.el6                                     rhel-x86_64-server-6                                   123 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)

Total download size: 123 k
Installed size: 0  
Is this ok [y/N]:

Downloading Packages:
aide-0.14-3.el6.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                                            | 123 kB     00:00     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
  Installing : aide-0.14-3.el6.x86_64                                                                                                                                                    1/1 

Installed:
  aide.x86_64 0:0.14-3.el6

How do I fix this problem?

Redhat / CentOS: Install Internet whois / nicname Client

May 20, 2011May 20, 2011in RedHat and Friends last updated May 20, 2011

How do I install whois client to see whois information about domain and ip address using command line options under Fedora / RHEL / Redhat / CentOS / Scientific Linux?

CentOS / RHEL: Install PostgresSQL Interface for Perl (perl-DBD-Pg)

September 13, 2010September 13, 2010in PostgreSQL last updated September 13, 2010

How do I install PostgresSQL interface for perl for programming purpose under Redhat / RHEL / Fedora / CentOS Linux?

CentOS / Redhat: Protect Yum Repo's Packages

October 19, 2009October 19, 2009in CentOS, Hardware, Linux, Package Management, RedHat and Friends last updated October 19, 2009

How do I protect my yum repo’s packages from certain repositories getting replaced / updated via yum command itself under CentOS / RHEL / Redhat Enterprise Linux?

yum problems: Skip Packages With Broken Dependencies When Upgrading System

August 18, 2008in CentOS, Linux, Package Management, RedHat and Friends, Suse last updated August 18, 2008

Q. I made a mistake and added additional repo under CentOS / RHEL 5.x server. Now when I try to upgrade packages it gives me out broken dependencies / missing dependency error. How do I skip broken packages and apply updates to other installed software’s?

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