[CentOS] firewall?

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

John Hodrien wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> 
>> I use http://rpm.pbone.net/ to search for CentOS/RHEL and Fedora packages.
> 
> Valid.
> 
>> It says that there is matlab 7.4.0 rpm for Fedora 5 and 10-15.
>>
>> Fedora 5 version should be good for CentOS 5 , and Fedora 12 package for
>> CentOS 6.
>>
>> Link for Fedora 5 package:
>> http://apt.unl.edu/apt/fedora/redhat/5/i386/unl/RPMS/
> 
> Not in any way sensible, so don't go anywhere near this.
> 
> This just looks like an indexed internal directory at a university full of
> packages you're really unlikely to want to install.  It's old commercial
> software that won't work without a license.  Matlab installs just fine on
> CentOS from the direct download from Mathworks.  Packaging it up is also
> trivial.
> 

OK.

If it needs license, what would be the harm if you install (newer) 
version from rpm? Their source RPM is actually nosrc.rpm so they just 
package  it for easier install. I was assuming this when I suggested the 
packages.

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