Upgrade python without breaking yum

I have written a quick guide on how to install the latest versions of Python 2 and Python 3 on CentOS 6 and CentOS 7. It currently covers Python 2.7.13 and Python 3.6.0: # Start by making sure your system is up-to-date: yum update # Compilers and related tools: yum groupinstall -y “development tools” # … Read more

How to configure system to use the FIWARE yum repository?

You need to add a file fiware.repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/ with the following lines: [fiware] name=Fiware Repository baseurl=http://repositories.lab.fiware.org/repo/rpm/$releasever gpgcheck=0 enabled=1 I hope it helps you. EDIT: originally, baseurl were http://repositories.lab.fiware.org/repo/rpm/x86_64/. That is still working, but the correct one since April 2016 uses $releasever. In addition, /x86_64 has been removed. EDIT: originally, the name was repositories.testbed.fiware.org but … Read more

How to enable mysqlnd for php?

The ./configure command is part of the compilation process from source code. You can either compile from source or install via package manager. I guess in your case the package manager is preferable. As the package manager complains, you can’t have both php-mysql and php-mysqlnd installed. So you can yum remove php-mysql before yum install … Read more

How to install latest version of git on CentOS 8.x/7.x/6.x

You can use WANDisco’s CentOS repository to install Git 2.x: for CentOS 6, for CentOS 7 Install WANDisco repo package: yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/6/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-6-1.noarch.rpm – or – yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-1.noarch.rpm – or – yum install http://opensource.wandisco.com/centos/7/git/x86_64/wandisco-git-release-7-2.noarch.rpm Install the latest version of Git 2.x: yum install git Verify the version of Git that was installed: git –version … Read more

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