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

rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/gmp-4.1.4-3.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/readline-4.3-13.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-2.3.4-14.7.el4.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/expat-1.95.7-4.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.el4.centos.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/rpm-4.3.3-26_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/rpm-python-4.3.3-32_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.centos.org/4.6/os/alpha/CentOS/RPMS/centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.el4.centos.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos.noarch.rpm
yum -y update

Note: CentOS 4 i386 updated 10 November 2008

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/4.6/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 15 December 2008

CentOS 5 i386

rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutils-libs-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-2.4.3-27.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_4.2.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/sqlite-3.3.6-5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutils-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/rpm-python-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.6.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-5.el5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh yum-*.rpm
yum -y update

Note: Updated 3 September 2010 by David Rummel

• 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/os/x86_64/CentOS/gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/readline-5.1-3.el5.x86_64.rpm 
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-2.4.3-27.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/sqlite-3.3.6-5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/elfutils-libelf-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/elfutils-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/rpm-4.4.2.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/rpm-python-4.4.2.3-18.el5.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.6.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-5.el5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm
rpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
yum -y update

Note: Updated 5 Nov 2009