CentOS

From Null-pointer

It seems that some of my issues I have been having with yum install stems from my repo set ups which have prevented yum working as it would in a normal situation.

Contents 1 IP addresss 2 RPMForge 3 CentOS 4.6 3.1 iptables 3.2 useful things to add 3.3 Install RubyGems on CentOS 4 3.4 CentOS-Testing.repo 4 CentOS 5.3 4.1 useful things to add 5 visudo 6 References 7 See Also

IP addresss

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/ifconfig

RPMForge

• https://rpmrepo.org/RPMforge/Using
• http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge?action=show&redirect=Repositories%2FRPMForge

CentOS 4.6

iptables

flush the iptables for ssh access

[root@localhost ~]# iptables --flush

useful things to add

[root@localhost ~]# yum install gcc

-maybe better-

[root@localhost ~]# yum install gcc-c++

[root@localhost ~]# yum install openssl-devel

[root@localhost ~]# yum install mock

[root@localhost ~]# yum install rpm-build

Install RubyGems on CentOS 4

• Install RubyGems on CentOS 4

CentOS-Testing.repo

• http://dev.centos.org/centos/4/CentOS-Testing.repo

[root@localhost ~]# yum --enablerepo c4-testing install ruby

CentOS 5.3

useful things to add

[root@localhost ~]# yum install gcc-c++

[root@localhost ~]# yum install mock

[root@localhost ~]# yum install rpm-build

[root@localhost ~]# yum install python-setuptools

visudo

[root@localhost ~]# /usr/sbin/visudo ^[1]

References

1. ↑ Shannon Eric Peevey. (19 Feb 2008). "CentOS - visudo" Retrieved 13 Jan 2011.

See Also

• search for which rpm is needed