How to Keep Installed RPMs in Sync on Linux

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What is the best way to keep several CentoS/RH 5 servers keep the same set of RPM's? I.e., when I install or update an RPM on one of them using a common YUM repository, make the other servers update/install it too.

Keeping everything updated to the latest version of everything from the repository is not an option.

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The following ideas may also help you:

Use the yum versionlock plugin (yum install yum-plugin-versionlock) to lock specific packages to a specific version or release.
Use Katello or the older Spacewalk for a more centralized management tool, similar to Red Hat Satellite. It allows you to create custom software channels with specific packages in them.

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Yum – How to Prevent Yum from Updating a Particular RPM

In /etc/yum.conf add something like:

[main]
exclude = yourpackage

See man 5 yum.conf for more info.

Redhat – Updating Samba From RPMs

I wouldn't be scared of building from source: it's fun and rewarding. The only big problem you'll have is the same problem you're already having: dependencies. To get around the dependency problem, you'll need a package manager.

Hmmmm. You can install Yum, which is what'd you'd get on Fedora instead of up2date...It's pretty good at handling dependencies, and googling Yum and RHEL and Repository gives a good number of hits, so there are repositories out there which will have RPMs built for your system.

If it were me, I'd probably go ahead and upgrade KDE and Gnome, if it was that important to install the newer version of samba (that's a lie actually. I love the command line, so I'd just go ahead and break kde and gnome and not look back). Resolving this sort of dependency problem is what it's all about.

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Yum – How to Prevent Yum from Updating a Particular RPM

Redhat – Updating Samba From RPMs

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