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How to install YUM?

Most *nix systems now a days comes along with YUM (HOW-TO for only CentOS distro.), but in-case yours doesn't, here is the perfect guide on installing it. If you try installing YUM by yourself, you'll probably be lost in finding YUM's RPM dependencies. Use this tutorial below and have YUM installed in a matter of few minutes if not seconds.
Enter the following commands via SSH and make sure you are logged in as root.

# cd /usr/src

# wget http://vault.centos.org/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/yum-2.4.2-2.centos4.noarch.rpm

# wget http://vault.centos.org/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-python-2.6.16-6.i386.rpm

# wget http://vault.centos.org/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm

# wget http://vault.centos.org/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-sqlite-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm

# wget http://vault.centos.org/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/sqlite-3.2.2-1.i386.rpm

# wget http://vault.centos.org/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/rpm-python-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386.rpm

# wget http://vault.centos.org/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-2.noarch.rpm

# wget http://vault.centos.org/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpm

# wget http://vault.centos.org/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/rpm-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386.rpm

NOTE: The above RPMs are meant for CentOS 4.3, but it works as good on CentOS 4.4 and 4.5. For other RedHat based distros, please find the RPM's in your vendor's RPM archive/mirror.

Next, execute the following commands in the order listed below. Do not jumble them, if you do jumble them, YUM will NOT be installed.

# rpm -Uvh rpm-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386.rpm

# rpm -Uvh centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpm

# rpm -Uvh python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-2.noarch.rpm

# rpm -Uvh rpm-python-4.3.3-13_nonptl.i386.rpm

# rpm -Uvh sqlite-3.2.2-1.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh

# python-sqlite-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh

# python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh

# libxml2-python-2.6.16-6.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh

# yum-2.4.2-2.centos4.noarch.rpm

YUM should now be installed. After installing yum, please issue the following commands to upgrade your OS and provide maximum compatibility using YUM.

# yum -y remove glibc-dummy-centos-4

# yum -y install gcc*

# yum -y upgrade

--
Ganesh Rao.

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