Tag Archives: yum

Warning RPMDB altered outside of yum

This is just a warning that a package has been installed or removed directly using  rpm  command instead of  yum .

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CentOS mirrors

Unlike Debian which prompts to select you location to determine the best mirror, CentOS will prompt you to enter the URL of the mirror server during the install.

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Accessing the web from behind a firewall (without exposing your password)

If you are behind a web-proxy then you either need to configure the proxy settings or set the environment variable  http_proxy  first.

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