I use a lot of VPS and often have not really yum to make my life easier. So here is a quick HOWTO to install yum on a CentOS box. This presumes that you have rpm and wget is previously setup. Note: This just works on CentOS 5.2, when the mirror is at a standstill active. Run the below code into a temporary directory to download all the RPM packages.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
for file in \
elfutils-0.125-3.el5.i386.rpm \
elfutils-libs-0.125-3.el5.i386.rpm \
expat-1.95.8-8.2.1.i386.rpm \
gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.i386.rpm \
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpm \
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.1.i386.rpm \
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2.i386.rpm \
python-2.4.3-21.el5.i386.rpm \
python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.i386.rpm \
python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm \
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm \
python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-2.noarch.rpm \
readline-5.1-1.1.i386.rpm \
rpm-4.4.2-48.el5.i386.rpm \
rpm-libs-4.4.2-48.el5.i386.rpm \
rpm-python-4.4.2-48.el5.i386.rpm \
sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386.rpm \
yum-3.2.8-9.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpm \
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-2.el5.i386.rpm
do wget
done
One time you have downloaded the essential files. Install them all by typing:
After that feel free to # yum -y update to bring your system new.
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