David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
On Wed, August 6, 2008 13:40, Lanny Marcus wrote:
Hosts normally advertise a VPS as being almost like a Dedicated Server. Lots of resources and lots of options. In this case, without being able to use yum, it starts as a Security problem, because he cannot update the packages that are installed. His second problem is that he cannot install new software with yum, which eliminates a lot of options. Unlike Shared Hosting, which is Managed, someone with a VPS must Manage their VPS, as if it was a Dedicated Server, or, pay someone to do that. But, how would they manage it, without yum? It's much more difficult, without yum. IMHO, he should look for a VPS with another provider, that allows him to use yum, etc.
FTP? Rpm? Ftp up a suitable yum rpm and install it.
(Maybe it's really part of an active attempt to keep people from installing software, but on a virtual private server that'd be amazingly stupid; so I'm guessing, from a great distance and very little information, that it's something simpler like just not having installed yum.)
Almost certainly. Depends on the VPS software as to whether yum is included in the base packages for each VPS or if you have to add it on as part of a "developer" set or such like. VPS's are often used in an Enterprise setting to ease system administration and as such, these are often pared down feature-wise. Makes sense in some software-manufacturer's points of view to keep the base product lite and add on what you need. Others install the full shebang. If the provider is not fully savvy about the product they are pushing, then they could easily miss things like this.