[CentOS] OT - yum missing from a RHEL4 server???

Wed May 31 20:30:51 UTC 2006
Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>

On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 13:20 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 14:15 -0600, kevin at kevinkempterllc.com wrote:
> > Hi List;
> > 
> > Sorry for the OT post. However I suspect if anyone outside of RH can help with
> > this question it would be this list.
> > 
> > I'm starting a new contract with a shop that knows little about Linux and I'm
> > helping pave the way. I've "inherited" an existing Linux install (RHEL4). I
> > want to setup some tools but I find that yum is not installed. Is this normal
> > for a RH box ? I thought that the RH up2date tool used yum under the covers.
> > 
> > Anyhow, is there an easy way to get yum installed on this box ?
> > I do have VNC access - and I can run KDE in the VNC connection even though
> > according to the add/remove software tool KDE is not installed by changing the
> > xstartup file forthat user under ~/.vnc  (wierd!!)
> > 
> > I suspect the answer is to find & download a yum rpm for redhat and install it
> > via rpm but I want to be sure I dont do something stupid on a client system.
> ----
> RHEL uses 'up2date'
> 
> up2date -u
> man up2date
> 
> There is a list for RHEL 4 

There are also NO repositories for RHEL.

Everything is done via the RHN and/or up2date.

That is just how RHEL works ... they do not have repo trees that are
browse-able.

up2date can do installs, you can also install via RHN.

If the person does not have a valid RHN subscription then there is no
way to install packages ... unless they have never done updates, then
system-config-packages can be used. 
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