RHEL package management

Compilation of most common commands dealing with package management. up2date Installup2date -i package Show packages groupsup2date --show-groups Install a package groupup2date -i @GROUP_NAME (e.g. : up2date -i @GNOME Desktop Environment) up2date sources specified under /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources yum Installyum install package Get infoyum info package Removeyum erase package Check if update...

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Install & configure the ipfm & MRTG

IPMF INSTALL============http://www.generationip.com/docs/0001/network_IPFM-IP-Flow-METER-Documentation.html================================================================./configure --exec-prefix=/usr --prefix= --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/ --mandir=/usr/local/manmakemake install===============/usr/sbin/ipfm -c /usr/local/ipfm/ipfm.conf -p /usr/local/ipfm/pid/ipfm.pidcd ..cp ipacc /etc/init.d/cd /etc/init.dchkconfig...

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Install Yum in RHEL3

Now I have a fully updated system. Following is the brief summary of the steps I took1) Since I was behind a proxy I had to export environment variable http_proxy.2) Downloaded yum-2.0.8-1.noarch.rpm fromhttp://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.0/yum-2.0.8-1.noarch.rpm3) Installed it usingrpm –i yum-2.0.8-1.noarch.rpm4) Configured my yum.conf to look like this:[main]cachedir=/var/cache/yumdebuglevel=2logfile=/var/log/yum.logpkgpolicy=newestdistroverpkg=redhat-releasetolerant=1exactarch=1#base]#name=Red...

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