On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:45 PM, fred smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:12:16PM +0000, hadi motamedi wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Ray Van Dolson <rayvd at bludgeon.org> > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:03:58PM +0000, hadi motamedi wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Ray Van Dolson <rayvd at bludgeon.org > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:44:16AM +0000, hadi motamedi wrote: > > > > > > Dear All > > > > > > I want to add "yum" to my CentOS 5.2 so I downloaded the rpm > package > > > from > > > > > > the www.pbone.net . But I didn't have success in installing it > so > > > please > > > > > let > > > > > > me know if there is another way to accomplish this job ? > > > > > > Thank you in advance > > > > > > > > > > Yum is installed by default in CentOS 5.x. Just run 'yum'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply . But for unknown reasons the yum is not > available > > > on > > > > my CentOS . > > > > [root at mss-1 tmp]# more /etc/redhat-release > > > > CentOS release 5.2 (Final) > > > > [root at mss-1 tmp]# yum > > > > -bash: yum: command not found > > > > Can you please let me know how can I install it ? > > > > > > Strange. What's the output of rpm -q yum? > > > > > > You could manually install the RPM's from: > > > > > > http://mirror.stanford.edu/yum/pub/centos/5/os/ > > > > > > Pick the correct architecture... and you'll have to resolve some > > > dependancies manually. > > > > > > Ray > > > > > > The output is as : > > [root at mss-1 tmp]# rpm -qa |grep yum > > yum-arch-2.2.2-2.el5.kb > > Strange. when I run that on my Centos 5.4, I get: > > # rpm -q yum > yum-3.2.22-20.el5.centos > > which I would assume to be different than "yum-arch-..." I DO NOT find > yum-arch at all. Dunno what yum-arch contains, but I wonder if it is not > a complete yum installation. On the off-chance that it is, you could try: > > ls -l `rpm -ql yum-arch-2.2.2-2.el5.kb` | less > > to see what files it contains, and whether all of them are actually still > on your disk, or not. > > And as others have suggested, you may want/need to download the appropriate > yum rpm file from a Centos mirror and install it with rpm before you can > actually use yum. > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us----------------------------- > The Lord is like a strong tower. > Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. > --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) > ----------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Thank you for your help . To this end , I tried as the followings : " [root at mss-1 tmp]# rpm -Uvh yum-arch-2.2.2-2.el5.kb.noarch.rpm warning: yum-arch-2.2.2-2.el5.kb.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 3e13cf5b Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package yum-arch-2.2.2-2.el5.kb is already installed [root at mss-1 tmp]# whereis yum yum: [root at mss-1 tmp]# " Can you please let me know why the yum is still unavailable? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091224/4407082d/attachment-0005.html>