CentOS - May 2006 - OT - yum missing from a RHEL4 server???

Hi List;

Sorry for the OT post. However I suspect if anyone outside of RH can help with
this question it would be this list.

I'm starting a new contract with a shop that knows little about Linux and
I'm
helping pave the way. I've "inherited" an existing Linux install
(RHEL4). I
want to setup some tools but I find that yum is not installed. Is this normal
for a RH box ? I thought that the RH up2date tool used yum under the covers.

Anyhow, is there an easy way to get yum installed on this box ?
I do have VNC access - and I can run KDE in the VNC connection even though
according to the add/remove software tool KDE is not installed by changing the
xstartup file forthat user under ~/.vnc  (wierd!!)

I suspect the answer is to find & download a yum rpm for redhat and install
it
via rpm but I want to be sure I dont do something stupid on a client system.

Thanks in advance...

On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 14:15 -0600, kevin at kevinkempterllc.com
wrote:
> Hi List;
> 
> Sorry for the OT post. However I suspect if anyone outside of RH can help
with
> this question it would be this list.
> 
> I'm starting a new contract with a shop that knows little about Linux
and I'm
> helping pave the way. I've "inherited" an existing Linux
install (RHEL4). I
> want to setup some tools but I find that yum is not installed. Is this
normal
> for a RH box ? I thought that the RH up2date tool used yum under the
covers.
> 
> Anyhow, is there an easy way to get yum installed on this box ?
> I do have VNC access - and I can run KDE in the VNC connection even though
> according to the add/remove software tool KDE is not installed by changing
the
> xstartup file forthat user under ~/.vnc  (wierd!!)
> 
> I suspect the answer is to find & download a yum rpm for redhat and
install it
> via rpm but I want to be sure I dont do something stupid on a client
system.
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RHEL uses 'up2date'

up2date -u
man up2date

There is a list for RHEL 4 

nahant-list mailing list
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/nahant-list

Craig

kevin at kevinkempterllc.com wrote:
> Hi List;
> 
> Sorry for the OT post. However I suspect if anyone outside of RH can help
with
> this question it would be this list.
> 
> I'm starting a new contract with a shop that knows little about Linux
and I'm
> helping pave the way. I've "inherited" an existing Linux
install (RHEL4). I
> want to setup some tools but I find that yum is not installed. Is this
normal
> for a RH box ? I thought that the RH up2date tool used yum under the
covers.
> 
> Anyhow, is there an easy way to get yum installed on this box ?
> I do have VNC access - and I can run KDE in the VNC connection even though
> according to the add/remove software tool KDE is not installed by changing
the
> xstartup file forthat user under ~/.vnc  (wierd!!)
> 
> I suspect the answer is to find & download a yum rpm for redhat and
install it
> via rpm but I want to be sure I dont do something stupid on a client
system.
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
HI -

This one freaked me out a few weeks ago, too.

http://www.eth0.us/yum-rhel

Try that.

Thanks
-dant

> I'm starting a new contract with a shop that knows little about Linux
and I'm
> helping pave the way. I've "inherited" an existing Linux
install (RHEL4). I
> want to setup some tools but I find that yum is not installed. Is this
normal
> for a RH box ? I thought that the RH up2date tool used yum under the
covers.
Not for RHEL4 it doesn't, althought up2date is capable of
using(fumbling through) yum repositories.

The easiest way to put yum on a RHEL box is to get yum package and
associated dependencies from CentOS. Keep in mind that there are no
publicly available yum repositories for official RHEL packages. You'll
either have to use up2date, create your own repository, or convert to
CentOS for the base and updates repositories. Beyond that, 3rd party
repositories like dag, dries, rpmforge etc work just fine with rhel
using yum.

> I suspect the answer is to find & download a yum rpm for redhat and
install it
> via rpm but I want to be sure I dont do something stupid on a client
system.
If it's a 'server' running KDE it may be too late for that
already...

/long live the console

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