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Yum Repo Issues

My CentOS-Base.repo has the following mirrors: When I say yum install yum-utils, it fails with the error saying http://custom-url/centOS-updates/Packages/yum-utils-1.1.31-46.el7_5.noarch.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 500 – Internal Server Error Trying other mirror. Error downloading packages: yum-utils-1.1.31-46.el7_5.noarch: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. I have two questions here: Why is it looking at the `updates` repo instead of base. `yum info

Difference between PHP 5.6u and PHP 5.6w

I’ve been going through running PHP 5.6 and now looking at 7 running on CentOS 7 (typically 5.4) and I had been installing php56u and now I’ve been seeing php56w and I can’t find anywhere what the difference is. Answer The last letter represents some sort of informal way of designating the origin of a third party release of PHP:

How to force yum to update only to exact minor OS version

I have a default AWS image with the version CentOS 6.7. If I run I am getting CentOS 6.9. Is there any way to force yum to update only to version 6.8 and not 6.9? Answer Yes it is possible. Follow these steps: Find a mirror that is closer to you using: http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os. Replace 6.9 with 6.8, e.g., the URL

Can resource attributes depend on file-presence?

I’m writing a module, that will provide for mirrored yum-repositories on our network. The single server will host the mirrors offering them to other hosts (and itself). I have a problem with the initial chicken-and-egg — the first download may not happen for a while, but, if I enable a new repository before the mirroring script for it finishes the

Best way to install MySQL 5.6 on Centos 6.4

I just installed Centos 6.4, and installed MySQL using the version that came with the Centos distribution. To my dismay, it is MySQL 5.1.69 versus the current 5.6.12. As stated on http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/linux-installation-native.html, “the MySQL version will often be some way behind the currently available release”, but I didn’t expect that long. An alternative is to install by RPM packages which

How can I install xclip on an EC2 instance?

I’m following Github’s instructions for adding an SSH key. I’ve generated the id_rsa.pub file from my AWS EC2 instance, but I cannot complete the step that has me copy the contents of the file using xclip because I cannot install xclip onto the EC2 instance. I tried to install xclip on the EC2 instance using sudo yum install xclip, but

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