Redhat enterprise linux 5 install and configration(Yum change to CentOS)

Yesterday night,I feel boreding ,So I want to install a linux for researching how to programe c/java under linux enviourment. Following list are the Tips for installation and configration.

1.Before installing ,Remeber to google a installation  serial number for redhat linux .

2.installing!

3.After installing successful,The first software I want to install is a mp3 player ,As you know .Programming without music is a bored things.

4.I found that redhat enterprise linux can't upgrade without a registered account.

5.Then I try to google it and get some detail information.Here is some useful information .

 

Pre-condition(some basic knowledge)

1.redhat and centos is both provided by redhat group ,the different between them is that redhat is not free for updating.

2.redhat has 2 ways for updating programes: apt and yum(yum is better!)

3.the version between redhat and centos is same ,such as ,redhat 4---centos ---4,My redhat version is as5.2(this version is core version) ,so I choose centos 5.2

 

solution:

1.remove yum for redhat which has been installed on your localmachine.

  commend: rpm -aq|grep yum (you will get a list of yum packages)

                 rpm -e (remove these packages)

2.install yum for centos ,you can download a yum for centos from websietes,I forgot where I get it ,But I remeber the  file name should be '***.i386.norch.rpm' (my localmation is 32 bits).if you got some dependencies ,you can install them first.

3.try yum update,successful

4.install a yum extender.

    commend: yum install yumex

5.open 'System tools'---'yum extender'

6.search mplayer packages in available status.

7.install those packages.

 

Cool,Now you can play mp3 in a redhat linux system,You also can upgrade you system by yum commend.So cool!

 

 

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