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CentOS 4 packages (both source and binary) may be found here: | CentOS 4 packages (both source and binary) may be found here: | ||
- | * [[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/]] (top-level directory) | + | * [[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/]] (top-level directory) |
- | * [[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/os/|core]] [[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/extras/|extras]] [[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/centosplus/|centosplus]] **[[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/updates/|updates]]** | + | * [[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/os/|core]] [[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/extras/|extras]] [[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/centosplus/|centosplus]] **[[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/updates/|updates]]** |
For example, CentOS 4 packages pre-built for i386 are here: | For example, CentOS 4 packages pre-built for i386 are here: | ||
- | * [[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/]] (core) | + | * [[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/]] (core) |
- | * [[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/extras/i386/RPMS/]] (extras) | + | * [[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/extras/i386/RPMS/]] (extras) |
- | * [[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/centosplus/i386/RPMS/]] ([[http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CentOSPlus?action=show|CentOSPlus]]) | + | * [[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/centosplus/i386/RPMS/]] ([[http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CentOSPlus?action=show|CentOSPlus]]) |
- | * [[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/updates/i386/RPMS/]] (**updates**) | + | * [[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/updates/i386/RPMS/]] (**updates**) |
- | The end-of-life (upstream maintenance) for CentOS 4 is Feb 29, 2012. This means that until that date updates for CentOS 4 packages will be released, such as fixing any important security vulnerabilities that might be discovered. Before you install a CentOS 4 package, it is a good idea to check the [[http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/updates/|updates directory]] for a possible newer revision of the package. As of this writing, the main CentOS 4 directories (linked to above) contain the 4.7 release (2008), whereas the updates directory contains some post-4.7 updates (2009). | + | The end-of-life (upstream maintenance) for CentOS 4 is Feb 29, 2012. This means that until that date updates for CentOS 4 packages were being released, such as fixing any important security vulnerabilities that were being discovered, but **no further security updates will be made**. Before you install a CentOS 4 package, it is a good idea to check the [[http://vault.centos.org/4.9/updates/|updates directory]] for a possible newer revision of the package. |
- | Red Hat's packages, including those from CentOS, sometimes have non-obvious knotty dependencies. However, there's the ''rpmdb-CentOS'' package (and similar ''rpmdb'' packages in Red Hat's own/other distributions), which helps to solve the puzzle; install it (something like ''rpmdb-CentOS-4.8-0.20090804.i386.rpm''), and then you'll be able to query the database for "metadata" (dependencies, files, etc.) of other (not yet installed) CentOS packages. | + | Red Hat's packages, including those available via CentOS, sometimes have non-obvious knotty dependencies. However, there's the ''rpmdb-CentOS'' package (and similar ''rpmdb'' packages in Red Hat's own/other distributions), which helps to solve the puzzle; install it (something like ''rpmdb-CentOS-4.8-0.20090804.i386.rpm''), and then you'll be able to query the database for "metadata" (dependencies, files, etc.) of other (not yet installed) CentOS packages. |
For example, to show all the files and packages on which a given package depends, you can use something like: | For example, to show all the files and packages on which a given package depends, you can use something like: |