RH133 2. PACKAGE MANAGEMENT

   

A>  SERVER SETUP

1. mount 192.168.0.154:/var/ftp/pub/RHEL5.1  /media
2. cd /media/Server
3. rpm -ivh createrepo...............
4. rpm -ivh vsftpd..................
5. cd ..
6. cp -vrf  /media/* /var/ftp/pub/
7. cd /var/ftp/pub
8. createrepo -v Server
9. createrepo -v Cluster
10. createrepo -v ClusterStorage
11. createrepo -v VT

B> vim /etc/yum.repos.d/server.repo
   [Server]
   name=RHEL 5 Server
   baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub/Server
   enable=1
   gpgcheck=0

C>  yum clean all

CLIENT SETUP

[Server]
name=RHEL 5 Server
baseurl=ftp://192.168.0.154/pub/RHEL5.1/Server
enable=1
gpgcheck=0


            YELLOWDOG UPDATE MANAGER
    yum install <pkg>  -->installs package
        yum remove <pkg>  -->remove package
        yum list   <pkg>  -->status of package
        yum clean   all   -->Flush the cache
        yum list    all   -->List all packages in server
        yum list   available -->List all packages installed


    RPM COMMANDS
          Zenity  -2.16.0    -2.el5  .i386        .rpm
syntax of rpm --> basename-versionnum-release.architecture.rpm

1.TO INSTALL

rpm  -ivh <pkgname>  -->Install a package
rpm  -Uvh <pkgname> ->upgrade  package even if older version dont exist
rpm  -Fvh <pkgname>  -->upgrade a packg ONLY if older version  exist
rpm -ivh --force coreutils-5.97-12.1.el5.i386.rpm  ((--force is used when the
package is not corrupted but files or commands produced by that package is
corrupted))



2.TO DELETE

rpm -e <basename>   -->To erase a package

3.TO QUERY  installed packages

rpm -q    <basename>       -->status of package
rpm -qi   <basename>       -->Query for info about  package
rpm -qd   <basename>       ->List of documents created by package
rpm -qc   <basename>       ->List of configuration files created                                      by  package
rpm -ql   <basename>       -->List of  files created by  package
rpm -qf   <command>        -->show package which produced this                                         command.

4. TO QUERY  UN-Installed packages
use -p along with any options +  Give full package num instead
of  base name.



~                     
            GROUP REPOSITORY


1.mount /dev/cdrom /media
2.cd /media
3.cp Server/repodata/comps-rhel5-server-core.xml   /var/ftp/pub/Server/                                                     repodata/

4.cp VT/repodata/comps-rhel5-vt.xml           /var/ftp/pub/VT/repodata/

5.cp Cluster/repodata/comps-rhel5-cluster.xml   /var/ftp/pub/Cluster/
                                                repodata/

6.cp ClusterStorage/repodata/comps-rhel5-cluster-st.xml   /var/ftp/pub/ClusterStorage/repodata/

7.cd
8.createrepo -g /media/Server/repodata/comps-rhel5-server-core.xml /var/ftp/pub/Server
9.createrepo -g /media/Cluster/repodata/comps-rhel5-cluster.xml /var/ftp/pub/Cluster

10.createrepo -g /media/ClusterStorage/repodata/comps-rhel5-cluster-st.xml /var/ftp/pub/ClusterStorage/

11.createrepo -g /media/VT/repodata/comps-rhel5-vt.xml /var/ftp/pub/VT/
12.vim /etc/yum.repos.d/server.repo  //Add entries to the file

YUM GROUP RELATED COMMANDS
13.yum clean all
14.yum grouplist all
15.yum groupremove  GNOME Desktop Environment
16.yum grouplist all
17.yum groupinstall Virtualization

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