Chapter 4. Software Installation Management
This chapter contains the following recipes:
- Registering the EPEL and Remi repositories
- Prioritizing repositories using the Priorities plugin
- Automating software updates with
yum-cron - Verifying installed RPM packages
- Compiling a program from source
Introduction
This chapter presents recipes for managing the installation of software on your CentOS system. You'll learn how to add new package repositories to provide a wider selection of software than what's found in the main CentOS repositories, and also how to prioritize the repositories to control those from which a package is installed. You'll also learn how to automate software updates to keep up with the latest security patches and bug fixes, and how to verify ...
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