The Problem "Yum clean all" not clearing the yum cache information under /var/cache/yum for orcle Linux server which use Oracle public yum repository or local yum repository. # yum repolist Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, security, ulninfo public_ol6_UEK_latest | 1.2 kB 00:00 public_ol6_UEK_latest/primary | 26 MB 00:04 public_ol6_UEK_latest 554/554 public_ol6_latest | 1.4 kB 00:00 public_ol6_latest/primary | 58 MB 00:04 public_ol6_latest 36051/36051 repo id repo name … [Read more...] about “yum clean all” not clearing yum repository cache in CentOS/RHEL/OEL
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How To Enable PHP 7.0 And httpd24 On Oracle Linux 7
PHP7 is available and supported on OL7. The YUM distribution channel must be manually enabled for the RPM packages to be available: 1. Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/public-yum-ol7.repo file and make sure you enable "ol7_software_collections" repo. [ol7_software_collections] name=Software Collection Library release 3.0 packages for Oracle Linux 7 … [Read more...] about How To Enable PHP 7.0 And httpd24 On Oracle Linux 7
CentOS/RHEL: How to find the package with a missing file using YUM
Question: How to find the package with a missing file in the system using YUM? This how-to is also applicable when the file is not missing and is already installed, but for some reason, it is required to know the package that provides it. The YUM package manager tool uses repositories to retrieve information and download packages. The repositories configurations are at /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo files and in these files it can be multiple repositories enabled and others disabled. 1. The sub … [Read more...] about CentOS/RHEL: How to find the package with a missing file using YUM
Understanding Ksplice Effective Kernel Version
This post will explain the meaning behind the output of the "ksplice kernel uname" (Ksplice Enhanced client) or "uptrack-uname" (Ksplice Uptrack client) command and how to interpret Ksplice's effective kernel version string. The effective kernel version that is reported by Ksplice when running the command "ksplice kernel uname -r" reflects the security position of the kernel that is running based on the patches that have been applied by Ksplice. This effective kernel version usually differs … [Read more...] about Understanding Ksplice Effective Kernel Version
XFS Filesystem Gets Mounted As Readonly (CentOS/RHEL)
The Problem Command 'df' shows statistics but 'ls -ld' fails below: # df ... /dev/mapper/vgapp-appsvol 419221508 15095588 404125920 4% /lapps/app # ls -l /lapps/apps ls: cannot access /lapps/app: Input/output error The Solution Disk failure cases input/output operation stopped, so filesystem is re-mounted as read-only. This is an expected behavior of the kernel to mount a filesystem as read-only to avoid further file system corruption leading to inconsistencies, whenever … [Read more...] about XFS Filesystem Gets Mounted As Readonly (CentOS/RHEL)
How To Create a Local Yum Repository for MySQL Enterprise Packages
1. Obtaining the yum repo tarball 1. Log on to support.oracle.com using your Oracle SSO ID. 2. Click on the "Patches & Updates" tab. 3. Click the "Product or Family (Advanced)" button to search by product. 4. Type "MySQL Server" for the Product. 5. Select the desired version in the "Release" pulldown. 6. Select "Linux x86-64" in the "Platform" pulldown. 7. Select "Description" in the first "and" pulldown under "Platform". 8. Select "contains" in the search type … [Read more...] about How To Create a Local Yum Repository for MySQL Enterprise Packages
How to Check the Size of the Yum Channels in Oracle Linux
Question: How to find out how large a yum channel repository is, to know how much data the channel will sync to a local yum repository? To see the actual size of the repository use either the "yum repolist -v" or "yum repoinfo" command. 1. Example for checking the size of latest OL7 yum channel # yum repoinfo ol7_latest Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo Repo-id : ol7_latest/x86_64 Repo-name : Oracle Linux 7Server Latest (x86_64) Repo-status : enabled Repo-updated : Fri Jan 25 … [Read more...] about How to Check the Size of the Yum Channels in Oracle Linux
Yum Fails with “Error: database disk image is malformed” in /var/log/messages
The Problem Unable to execute any command related to yum and below error messages found in /var/log/messages file. For example: # yum update Loaded plugins: aliases, changelog, downloadonly, kabi, presto, refresh-packagekit, security, tmprepo, verify, versionlock Loading support for kernel ABI Setting up Install Process Ol6_latest | 3.0 kB 00:00 Ol6_latest/primary_db | 78 MB 00:10 [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/cache/yum/x86_64/6Server/Ol6_latest/primary.sqlite.bz2' Loaded … [Read more...] about Yum Fails with “Error: database disk image is malformed” in /var/log/messages
How to use ‘yum’ to connect ULN on CentOS/RHEL/OEL 6
The yum(Yellowdog Updater Modified) service is an automatic update tool to update the system each day. You can use both up2date/yum on Oracle Enterprise Linux/ Oracle Linux. Yum uses a configuration file at /etc/yum.conf. Additional configuration files are also read from the directory set by the reposdir option (default is '/etc/yum.repos.d'). Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur … [Read more...] about How to use ‘yum’ to connect ULN on CentOS/RHEL/OEL 6
How to Re-Create the Yum Cache and/or Force a Fetch of the Package List of the Enabled Repositories
This post briefly outlines how it possible to re-create the yum cache, or said in another way, force a fetch of the cache data from the enabled yum repositories. The enabled yum repositories are the ones in the following file /etc/yum.conf or in the following folder /etc/yum.repos.d that have their "enabled" setting to "1", e.g. : [public_ol6_latest] name=Oracle Linux $releasever Latest … [Read more...] about How to Re-Create the Yum Cache and/or Force a Fetch of the Package List of the Enabled Repositories