On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Justin <justin.bull at c3studios.ca> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > This is the first time I've ever used a mailing-list so bear with me :-) > > I've just got a new dedicated server from Hostik and they've installed > CentOS 5.2 on the system (awesome!) and came pre-installed with PHP, MySQL, > and Apache (among other things). I noticed that PHP version is 5.1.6, the > MYSQL is 5.0.45, and Apache is 2.2.3 > > I ran yum to update, thinking it would update them to 5.2.6, > 5.0.51a-community, 2.2.9 respectively: > > # yum makecache > # yum update > > Of course after some time, I realize that the CentOS 5 repos only have those > versions as the latest rpms in the list. > > So my question is, how do I change my yum configuration to install the > latest and greatest versions of rpms installed via yum? Welcome to CentOS. You might want to start by reading: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting/?sc_cid=3093 Akemi