rpm -Uvh PREFIX=http://mirrorvault.centos.org/centos-4/4.9/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSmkdir tempcd tempwget $PREFIX/gmp-4.1.4-3.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/readline-4.3-13.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/python-2.3.4-14.7.el4.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/expat-1.95.7-4.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.el4.centos.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/elfutils-libelf-0.97.1-5.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/elfutils-0.97.1-5.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/rpm-4.3.3-26_nonptl32_nonptl.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/rpm-python-4.3.3-32_nonptl.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpmrpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.centos.org/4.6/os/alpha/CentOS/RPMS#wget $PREFIX/centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.el4.centos.i386.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMSwget $PREFIX/yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos.noarch.rpmrpm -Uhv *.rpm

Note: CentOS 4 i386 updated 10 November 20084 Apr 2012

rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.centos.org/4.68/os/alpha/CentOS/RPMS/centos-yumconf-4-4.5.noarch.rpm

Note: CentOS 4 X86_64 updated 15 December 200820 September 2010

 mkdir tmp.$$cd tmp.$$ rpm --replacepkgs -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/gmp-4.1.4-510.el5.i386.rpm \ http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutilsreadline-libs-05.1371-3.el5.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/gmpexpat-41.195.48-1011.el5el5_8.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/readlinem2crypto-50.116-39.el5.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/pythonlibxml2-2.46.326-272.1.21.el5_9.el53.i386.rpm rpm --force --replacepkgs -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/pythonnss-iniparse-03.216.31-42.el5.noarchi386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2nspr-24.10.6.26-2.1.2.8el5_10.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2popt-python-21.610.26-2.13-34.2.8el5.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/expatlogrotate-3.7.4-114.i386.rpm \ http://mirror.95centos.8org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/rpm-84.4.2.13-34.el5.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/pythonrpm-elementtreelibs-14.4.2.63-534.el5.i386.rpm rpm --replacepkgs -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/sqliteelfutils-30.137-3.6-5el5.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/pythonelfutils-sqlitelibelf-10.1.7137-13.2.1el5.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutils-libs-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm rpm --replacepkgs -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/rpm-python-42.4.2.3-1856.el5.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.i386.rpm \ http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/m2cryptopython-iniparse-0.162.3-6.el5.6noarch.rpm \ http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-libs-2.4.3-56.el5.i386.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-56.el5.noarch.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yumpython-metadatasqlite-parser1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm \ http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.21.el5_9.3.el5i386.rpm \ http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/rpm-python-4.4.2.3-34.el5.i386.rpm rpm --replacepkgs -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-2040.el5.centos.noarch.rpm\rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-1321.el5.centos.noarch.rpm \ http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-4.el5.i386.rpm rpm -Uhv *.rpm

* (1) This is where you might get some complaints about rpm Updated 2016-02-13 by bglopez // Commands *required* the `--replacepkgs` for all and maybe popt. You might need to use the `--nodeps option to get force` for nss, etc. Otherwise it would fail with dependency issues at the dependencies rightYUM RPMs* Hint: If it doesn't work later on, look for updated packages in http://mirror.centos. org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/* (libxml2-python-2) I had to download both and install them using "rpm .6.26-Uvh yum-*2.1.21.el5_9.rpm"3. Each package was depending on the other onei386.rpm is optional and yum worked without it* yum-utils may also be added if needed

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-2.4.3-2756.el5.x86_64.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.221.el5_9.83.x86_64.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.221.el5_9.83.x86_64.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/expat-1.95.8-8.311.el5_4.2el5_8.x86_64.rpm

rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/sqlite-3.3.6-57.x86_64.rpm

rpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/rpm-4.4.2.3-1834.el5.x86_64.rpmrpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/rpm-python-4.4.2.3-1834.el5.x86_64.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/m2crypto-0.16-69.el5.6.x86_64.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-56.el5.noarch.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-34.el5.centos.x86_64.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-46.el5.noarch.rpmrpm --nodeps -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-1421.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpmrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/x86_64/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-2040.el5.centos.noarch.rpm

<== CentOS 6.0 == === i386 === rpm -Uhv http:/pre>/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.i686,python-urlgrabber-3.9.1-9.el6.noarch,rpm-python-4.8.0-47.el6.i686,yum-3.2.29-69.el6.centos.noarch,yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.i686,yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.30-30.el6.noarch}.rpmNote=== x86_64 === rpm -Uhv http: Updated 5 Nov 2009//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-4.8.0-32.el6.x86_64,yum-3.2.29-40.el6.centos.noarch,yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-16.el6.x86_64,yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.30-14.el6.noarch}.rpm