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Red Hat / CentOS Linux: Enable and Install Media, CD / DVD, Moive MP3 Players
Q. How do I enable and install Media player under CentOS or Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems? How do I play mp3s under RHEL / CentOS Linux 5.x? How do I play CD / DVD movies under RHEL /...
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Yum In RHEL 5
How do I use yum command under RHEL 5 to install and update packages?Read answer to: "Yum In RHEL 5"
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Update Centos Linux
How do I update Centos Linux 5 software and apply security patches?Read answer to: "Update Centos Linux"
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CentOS / Redhat: Protect Yum Repo's Packages
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?Read answer to: "CentOS / Redhat:...
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Linux RPM: View Script That Run When You Install RPM Files
All rpm packages can run scripts after a package is added or removed. How do I view pre/post install and uninstall rpm file scripts under rpm based Linux distributions?Read answer to: "Linux RPM: View...
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HowTo: See Contents of A .DEB Debian / Ubuntu Package File
Under CentOS / Fedora / RHEL I can use rpm -ql packageName command to view contacts of .rpm file. How do I view the contents of a .deb file under Debian / Ubuntu Linux?Read answer to: "HowTo: See...
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SUSE Linux: Install RPM File And Packages
Suse Linux is similar to RPM based Linux distro such as RHEL but does not comes with yum command. How do I install a rpm file or packages such as Apache or PHP under Suse Enterprise / OpenSuse...
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read_urandom: /dev/urandom: open failed: No such file or directory
My CentOS Linux based server failed to boot with the following error:read_urandom: /dev/urandom: open failed: No such file or directory How do I fix this problem?Read answer to: "read_urandom:...
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CentOS / RHEL: Install PostgresSQL Interface for Perl (perl-DBD-Pg)
How do I install PostgresSQL interface for perl for programming purpose under Redhat / RHEL / Fedora / CentOS Linux?Read answer to: "CentOS / RHEL: Install PostgresSQL Interface for Perl...
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Redhat / CentOS: Install Internet whois / nicname Client
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?Read answer to: "Redhat / CentOS:...
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RHEL / CentOS / Fedora: Verify GPG Key For Package Update
How do I verify that the system using correct GPG keys to verify all patches, packages and update installed from RHN or repo under RHEL 5 or 6 server operating systems?Read answer to: "RHEL / CentOS /...
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RHEL Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum
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...
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yum Command Hangs on Running Transaction Test Message Error and Solution
When I run 'yum install package' or 'yum update' commands the yum command works normally until Running Transaction Test and hangs until the yum process is killed manually using the kill command. How...
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CentOS / RHEL: Delete Old Yum Repositories and Configuration Files
How do I delete old yum repositories and configuration files under RHEL 5 or CentOS Linux server?Read answer to: "CentOS / RHEL: Delete Old Yum Repositories and Configuration Files"
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rpmbuild: error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found Solution
I'm trying to build a RHEL 6 rpm of nginx server. But, I get the following error:+ /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-comment-note Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files...
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RHEL / CentOS Linux: Mount and Access NTFS Partition
How to enable NTFS support on CentOS Linux version 5 or 6? How do I mount ntfs partition under RHEL 5 or 6?Read answer to: "RHEL / CentOS Linux: Mount and Access NTFS Partition"
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RHEL / CentOS Yum Command: Blacklist Packages [ Disable Certain Packages ]
How do I force yum command to disable certain packages from being installed using certain repos such as EPEL under RHEL or CentOS Linux 6.x server?Read answer to: "RHEL / CentOS Yum Command: Blacklist...
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CentOS / RHEL: yum Command Reinstall Package
I accidental deleted the configuration file stored in /etc/ directory and the latest backup were made yesterday. How do I resinstall the package using the yum command under RHEL / CentOS Linux...
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CentOS / RHEL / Scientific Linux 6 Enable & Install EPEL Repo
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (or EPEL) is a Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not...
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yum Command: List The Contents (Files) Of A Package
The rpm -qi command list the files of a package. How do I use yum command to list the contents of a package under CentOS or RHEL installed on IBM server hardware?Read answer to: "yum Command: List The...
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