Install yum

This article is specific to CentOS, however the packages required for yum here are the same on other flavors

The scripts shown below install all the packages upon which yum depends for a 386 distro (Need separate 64 bit instructions)

Please note - that the version numbers of the packages WILL change as later releases come out, it is up to you to ensure that the packages used are the latest. If you find a package in this script has become deprecated, please update this page with the latest package so others do not have to search for it as well.

CentOS 4 i386

PREFIX=http://vault.centos.org/4.9/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS
mkdir temp
cd temp
wget $PREFIX/gmp-4.1.4-3.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/readline-4.3-13.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/python-2.3.4-14.7.el4.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/expat-1.95.7-4.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.el4.centos.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/rpm-4.3.3-32_nonptl.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/rpm-python-4.3.3-32_nonptl.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm
#wget $PREFIX/centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpm
wget $PREFIX/yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.el4.centos.i386.rpm
wget $PREFIX/yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uhv *.rpm
yum -y update

Note: CentOS 4 i386 updated 4 Apr 2012

CentOS 4 X86_64

rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/gmp-4.1.4-3.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/readline-4.3-13.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/python-2.3.4-14.7.el4.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-2.6.16-12.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/expat-1.95.7-4.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/sqlite-3.3.6-2.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/elfutils-0.97.1-5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/rpm-4.3.3-26_nonptl.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/rpm-python-4.3.3-26_nonptl.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.centos.org/4.8/os/alpha/CentOS/RPMS/centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos.noarch.rpm
yum -y update

Note: CentOS 4 X86_64 updated 20 September 2010

CentOS 5 i386

rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutils-libs-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-2.4.3-44.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.12.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.12.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/sqlite-3.3.6-5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutils-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/rpm-python-4.4.2.3-22.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/m2crypto-0.16-8.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-6.el5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-16.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-37.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh yum-*.rpm
yum -y update

Note: Updated 02 January 2012 by Psyko

• Updated URL packages.

Note: Updated 10 June 2011 by Nico Timeo

• Updated URL packages

• Changed to make it work as one big copy&paste command. (Hint: If it doesn't work later on, look for updated packages)

• If you get some complaints about rpm and maybe popt, you might need to use the --nodeps option to get the dependencies right.

CentOS 5 x86_64

rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm 
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-2.4.3-44.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.12.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.12.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/sqlite-3.3.6-5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/elfutils-libelf-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/elfutils-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/rpm-4.4.2.3-22.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/rpm-python-4.4.2.3-22.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/m2crypto-0.16-8.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-6.el5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm
rpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-16.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-37.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
yum -y update

Note: Updated 21 October 2011 By Sustrai

CentOS 6.0

i386

rpm -Uhv http://mirror.stanford.edu/yum/pub/centos/6/os/i386/Packages/{gpgme-1.1.8-3.el6.i686,nss_compat_ossl-0.9.6-1.el6.i686,pygpgme-0.1-18.20090824bzr68.el6.i686,python-iniparse-0.3.1-2.1.el6.noarch,python-pycurl-7.19.0-8.el6,python-urlgrabber-3.9.1-8.el6.noarch,rpm-python-4.8.0-19.el6.i686,yum-3.2.29-22.el6.centos.noarch,yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.i686,yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.30-10.el6.noarch}.rpm

x86_64

rpm -Uhv http://mirror.stanford.edu/yum/pub/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/{gpgme-1.1.8-3.el6.x86_64,nss_compat_ossl-0.9.6-1.el6.x86_64,pygpgme-0.1-18.20090824bzr68.el6.x86_64,python-iniparse-0.3.1-2.1.el6.noarch,python-pycurl-7.19.0-8.el6.x86_64,python-urlgrabber-3.9.1-8.el6.noarch,rpm-python-4.8.0-19.el6.x86_64,yum-3.2.29-22.el6.centos.noarch,yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64,yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.30-10.el6.noarch}.rpm