IUS Client Usage Guide
Contents
- IUS Client Usage Guide
-
Common Examples for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Upgrading Stock MySQL 5.0 to IUS MySQL 5.0 on RHEL/CentOS 5
- Upgrading Stock MySQL 5.0 to IUS MySQL 5.1 on RHEL/CentOS 5
- Upgrading Stock PHP 5.1 to IUS PHP 5.2 on RHEL/CentOS 5
- Upgrading Stock PHP 5.1 to IUS PHP 5.3 on RHEL/CentOS 5
- Upgrading to Python 2.6 on RHEL/CentOS 5
- Installing Packages from IUS Testing
- Common Examples for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Summary
This document outlines the basic client side usage of IUS. For common questions regarding IUS please see the Frequently Asked Questions.
End User Agreement
Information on IUS Packages
The following explains a little bit behind how IUS packages are organized.
Package Categories
The packaging model of IUS is broken up into two package categories:
Primary Packages: The packages represent our purpose in maintaining these repositories. All primary packages will be maintained inline with upstream stable sources. In short, these are the packages that we focus our time on most, and have the highest priority. Almost always, with little exception, these packages explicitly replace a package that already exists in RHEL. For example: mysql50 and mysql51 both explicitly replace mysql as shipped with RHEL.
Secondary Supporting Packages: Supporting packages are those that have been added to enhance the usability and appeal of the Primary Packages. These will most often be additional libraries such as PECL for PHP, or libraries for Python. Supporting Packages might not replace anything in RHEL, but sometimes do. In should be noted that IUS is not focused on adding extra packages for RHEL. If we want to package something additional for stock RHEL we will do so through Fedora EPEL. Supporting Packages might not follow upstream stable sources in the fashion that the Primary Packages do. If it's stable, and works... we may not update these packages for a long time (or until an update is requested).
Package Types
IUS Packages will be one of two types: Conflicting or Parallel.
Conflict Replace Packages: Almost all IUS packages will be conflicting. This means, the packages that they replace must first be uninstalled before the IUS version is installed. For example: mysql50 and mysql51 both conflict with mysql. They provide 'mysql' but they do not obsolete mysql, therefore simply subscribing to the IUS Yum Repositories will not upgrade anything automatically. If you attempt to install mysql5X packages from IUS you will get Yum errors. That said, once you remove the original packages (mysql, mysql-server, mysql-devel, etc) and install the IUS counterparts everything will function the same.
Parallel Install Packages: In some cases it makes sense to maintain Parallel Packages, meaning packages that you can install side-by-side with their stock counter parts. A perfect example of this would be Python, or in IUS python26. On RHEL and most other linux distributions python is a critical piece that the system relies on. Upgrading Python on RHEL can cause major problems including break the update management system. Yes, there are ways around it... but they are all messy and not recommended. By parallel installing Python 2.6 alongside the stock Python 2.4 the system remains intact and you can access both versions of Python.
Unfortunately this layout leads to confusion, as there is nothing to signify which packages are conflicting/replacement packages and which can be installed side-by-side. Maybe one day we'll figure out a better schema.
Configuration
Client configuration can be automatically setup by installing the ius-release package, which also requires the epel-release package. Both packages can be found within the respective repo for your OS:
The following is an example, please note you may need to adjust the URLs for your system:
root@linuxbox ~]# wget http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/5/x86_64/ius-release-1-2.ius.el5.noarch.rpm root@linuxbox ~]# wget http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/5/x86_64/epel-release-1-1.ius.el5.noarch.rpm root@linuxbox ~]# rpm -Uvh ius-release*.rpm epel-release*.rpm
See What Packages Are Available
You can easily see what software is available to you by doing a 'yum search' or by going to the IUS Community Repo directly. Keep in mind that packages will be added to IUS regularly so check back often.
[root@el5-i386 ~]# yum list | grep -w \.ius\.
mod_python26-debuginfo.i386 3.3.1-10.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql50.i386 5.0.83-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql50-bench.i386 5.0.83-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql50-debuginfo.i386 5.0.83-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql50-devel.i386 5.0.83-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql50-server.i386 5.0.83-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql51.i386 5.1.36-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql51-bench.i386 5.1.36-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql51-debuginfo.i386 5.1.36-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql51-devel.i386 5.1.36-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql51-plugins-archive.i386 5.1.36-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql51-plugins-blackhole.i386 5.1.36-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql51-plugins-example.i386 5.1.36-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql51-plugins-federated.i386 5.1.36-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
mysql51-server.i386 5.1.36-2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-cli.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-common.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-gd.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-imap.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-ldap.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-mbstring.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-mysql.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-odbc.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-pdo.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-xml.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-bcmath.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-dba.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-debuginfo.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-devel.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-mcrypt.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-mssql.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-ncurses.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-pgsql.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-snmp.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-soap.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-tidy.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php52-xmlrpc.i386 5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-bcmath.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-cli.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-common.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-dba.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-debuginfo.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-devel.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-gd.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-imap.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-ldap.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-mbstring.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-mcrypt.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-mssql.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-mysql.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-odbc.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-pdo.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-pgsql.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-snmp.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-soap.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-tidy.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-xml.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
php53-xmlrpc.i386 5.3.0-1.ius.el5 ius-testing
python26-debuginfo.i386 2.6-4.5.ius.el5 ius-testing
python26-devel.i386 2.6-4.5.ius.el5 ius-testing
python26-libs.i386 2.6-4.5.ius.el5 ius-testing
python26-setuptools.noarch 0.6c9-1.1.ius.el5 ius-testing
python26-test.i386 2.6-4.5.ius.el5 ius-testing
python26-tools.i386 2.6-4.5.ius.el5 ius-testing
Upgrading Stock RHEL Packages to IUS Packages
Admittedly, upgrading from stock RHEL packages to IUS is not exactly an easy transition, but trust us it's worth it in the long run. Because of the way IUS packages are created, you can not simply do a 'yum upgrade <package>' because the IUS packages actually conflict with the stock RHEL packages. What you really need to do is first remove the stock RHEL packages, and then install the corresponding IUS package you want. Lets use php on my stock RHEL5 box and first see what packages we need to remove:
[root@el5-i386 ~]# rpm -qa | grep php php-gd-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-cli-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-odbc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-mbstring-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-pear-1.4.9-4.el5.1 php-pdo-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-xml-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-common-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-ldap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-mysql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-imap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
Note: php-pear is not part of the php package set. It is it's own package.
Looking at this list I can see that I want to remove everything but 'php-pear'. You can do this by 'rpm -e --nodeps...' but a cleaner, safer, more appropriate way would be to use yum shell:
Short version with no output:
[root@el5-i386 ~]# yum shell > remove php-gd php-cli php-odbc php-mbstring php-pdo php php-xml php-common php-ldap php-mysql php-imap Setting up Remove Process > install php52-gd php52-cli php52-odbc php52-mbstring php52-pdo php52 php52-xml php52-common php52-ldap php52-mysql php52-imap > transaction solve > transaction run
NOTE: It is *very* important that you run 'transaction solve' to ensure all dependencies are being met with the new packages. Removing packages with unmet dependencies in Yum can lead to a nightmare of packages being removed.
Long version with output:
[root@el5-i386 ~]# yum shell Loaded plugins: downloadonly, rhnplugin, security Setting up Yum Shell > remove php-gd php-cli php-odbc php-mbstring php-pdo php php-xml php-common php-ldap php-mysql php-imap Setting up Remove Process > install php52-gd php52-cli php52-odbc php52-mbstring php52-pdo php52 php52-xml php52-common php52-ldap php52-mysql php52-imap Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments > transaction solve --> Running transaction check ---> Package php52-ldap.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php52-common.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php52-xml.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php-cli.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php52.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php-mbstring.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php52-mysql.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php52-cli.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php-imap.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php-mysql.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php-odbc.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php52-gd.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php52-pdo.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php52-imap.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php52-odbc.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php52-mbstring.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 set to be updated ---> Package php-gd.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php-pdo.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php-common.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php-xml.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased ---> Package php-ldap.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Success resolving dependencies > transaction run --> Running transaction check --> Finished Dependency Resolution ==================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ==================================================================================================== Installing: php52 x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 1.4 M php52-cli x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 2.6 M php52-common x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 246 k php52-gd x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 124 k php52-imap x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 60 k php52-ldap x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 41 k php52-mbstring x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 1.1 M php52-mysql x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 94 k php52-odbc x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 59 k php52-pdo x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 73 k php52-xml x86_64 5.2.11-1.ius.el5 ius 113 k Removing: php x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 3.0 M php-cli x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 5.3 M php-common x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 397 k php-gd x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 333 k php-imap x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 98 k php-ldap x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 49 k php-mbstring x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 1.8 M php-mysql x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 196 k php-odbc x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 88 k php-pdo x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 114 k php-xml x86_64 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 installed 241 k Transaction Summary ==================================================================================================== Install 11 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 11 Package(s) Total download size: 5.9 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/11): php52-ldap-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 41 kB 00:00 (2/11): php52-odbc-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 59 kB 00:00 (3/11): php52-imap-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 60 kB 00:00 (4/11): php52-pdo-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 73 kB 00:00 (5/11): php52-mysql-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 94 kB 00:00 (6/11): php52-xml-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 113 kB 00:00 (7/11): php52-gd-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 124 kB 00:00 (8/11): php52-common-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 246 kB 00:00 (9/11): php52-mbstring-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 1.1 MB 00:00 (10/11): php52-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 1.4 MB 00:00 (11/11): php52-cli-5.2.11-1.ius.el5.x86_64.rpm | 2.6 MB 00:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49 kB/s | 5.9 MB 02:02 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 9cd4953f Importing GPG key 0x9CD4953F "IUS Community Project <coredev@iuscommunity.org>" from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/IUS-COMMUNITY-GPG-KEY Is this ok [y/N]: y Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : php52-common [ 1/22] Installing : php52-pdo [ 2/22] Installing : php52-odbc [ 3/22] Installing : php52-mysql [ 4/22] Installing : php52 [ 5/22] Installing : php52-mbstring [ 6/22] Installing : php52-ldap [ 7/22] Installing : php52-cli [ 8/22] Installing : php52-xml [ 9/22] Installing : php52-imap [10/22] Installing : php52-gd [11/22] Erasing : php [12/22] Erasing : php-gd [13/22] Erasing : php-xml [14/22] Erasing : php-cli [15/22] Erasing : php-common [16/22] Erasing : php-pdo [17/22] Erasing : php-mysql [18/22] Erasing : php-odbc [19/22] Erasing : php-imap [20/22] Erasing : php-mbstring [21/22] Erasing : php-ldap [22/22] Removed: php.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-cli.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-common.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-gd.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-imap.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-ldap.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-mbstring.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-mysql.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-odbc.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-pdo.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-xml.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 Installed: php52.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-cli.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-common.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-gd.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-imap.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-ldap.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-mbstring.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-mysql.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-odbc.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-pdo.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 php52-xml.x86_64 0:5.2.11-1.ius.el5 Finished Transaction > Leaving Shell
And now, you should have a working install of PHP 5.2 on RHEL5:
[root@el5-i386 ~]# php -v PHP 5.2.10 (cli) (built: Jul 28 2009 14:54:01) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies
But don't forget to check and restart Apache:
[root@el5-i386 ~]# httpd -t Syntax OK [root@el5-i386 ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart Stopping httpd: [ OK ] Starting httpd: [ OK ]
Downgrading from IUS Packages to Stock RHEL Packages
Downgrading is really the same process but backwards. You first want to determine which packages you want/need to remove:
[root@el5-i386 ~]# rpm -qa | grep php52 php52-common-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-mbstring-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-xml-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-cli-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-mysql-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-ldap-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-pdo-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-odbc-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-gd-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5 php52-imap-5.2.10-1.2.ius.el5
You then need to remove, and replace with stock packages:
[root@el5-i386 ~]# yum shell > remove php52-gd php52-cli php52-odbc php52-mbstring php52-pdo php52 php52-xml php52-common php52-ldap php52-mysql php52-imap > install php-gd php-cli php-odbc php-mbstring php-pdo php php-xml php-common php-ldap php-mysql php-imap Setting up Remove Process > transaction solve > transaction run
And of course we once again have stock PHP for EL5:
[root@el5-i386 ~]# php -v PHP 5.1.6 (cli) (built: Feb 26 2009 07:01:10) Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies
Known Yum Dependency Resolution Issues
The IUS CoreDev Team is aware of an issue with the current version of Yum and how it resolves dependencies when installing packages. For background on this matter please see the upstream bug reports that we have submitted:
We have implemented an optional and temporary workaround by backporting the original patch that we submitted to a yum3 package in the IUS EL 5 repositories. This package is only being made available for the meantime until the changes in upstream Yum are implemented in RHEL. You don't have to replace Yum, however if you choose not to you will experience the dependency resolution issues outlined in the bugs listed above.
Replacing Yum is easy and can be reverted once the changes are ported to RHEL:
root@linux ~]# yum install yum-utils root@linux ~]# yumdownloader yum yum3 root@linux ~]# rpm -e yum --nodeps root@linux ~]# rpm -Uvh yum3*.rpm
This will replace yum, with the IUS yum3 package. With this change, you will be able to 'yum install X' package and allow it to properly resolve the dependency with IUS packages (if the base IUS package is installed for that dependency). Note: You want to make sure you yum download 'yum' as well as 'yum3' incase you have issues and need to roll back to stock yum.
Common Examples for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Upgrading Stock MySQL 5.0 to IUS MySQL 5.0 on RHEL/CentOS 5
IUS Provides the latest stable version of the MySQL 5.0 branch. The following outlines how to upgrade from stock MySQL 5.0 on EL5 to the latest stable MySQL 5.0 from upstream (currently 5.0.83):
[root@el5-64 ~]# mysqldump -A > all_databases.sql [root@el5-64 ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld stop Stopping MySQL: [ OK ] [root@el5-i386 ~]# yum shell > remove mysql mysql-server mysql-devel > install mysql50 mysql50-server mysql50-devel > transaction solve > transaction run > quit [root@el5-64 ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start Starting MySQL: [ OK ] [root@el5-64 ~]# mysql -V mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.83, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.1
Upgrading Stock MySQL 5.0 to IUS MySQL 5.1 on RHEL/CentOS 5
The following outlines how to upgrade from stock MySQL 5.0 on EL5 to the latest stable MySQL 5.1 from upstream (currently 5.1.36). Note that these steps are likely to be the same for future versions of MySQL such as 5.4/6.0 etc:
[root@el5-64 ~]# mysqldump -A > all_databases.sql [root@el5-64 ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld stop Stopping MySQL: [ OK ] [root@el5-64 ~]# yum shell > remove mysql mysql-server mysql-devel mysqlclient15 mysqlclient15-devel > install mysql51 mysql51-server mysql51-devel perl-DBD-MySQL > transaction solve > transaction run > quit [root@el5-64 ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start Starting MySQL: [ OK ] [root@el5-64 ~]# mysql_upgrade -t /var/tmp [root@el5-64 ~]# mysql -V mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.36, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.1
Upgrading Stock PHP 5.1 to IUS PHP 5.2 on RHEL/CentOS 5
[root@el5-64 ~]# rpm -qa | grep php php-mbstring-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-odbc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-imap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-pdo-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-common-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-gd-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-ldap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-cli-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-mysql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-xml-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 [root@el5-64 ~]# yum shell > remove php-mbstring php-odbc php-imap php-pdo php-common php-gd php-ldap php-cli php-mysql php php-xml > install php52-mbstring php52-odbc php52-imap php52-pdo php52-common php52-gd php52-ldap php52-cli php52-mysql php52 php52-xml > transaction solve > transaction run > quit [root@el5-64 ~]# php -v PHP 5.2.10 (cli) (built: Jul 28 2009 14:54:01) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies [root@el5-64 ~]# httpd -t Syntax OK [root@el5-64 ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart Stopping httpd: [ OK ] Starting httpd: [ OK ]
Upgrading Stock PHP 5.1 to IUS PHP 5.3 on RHEL/CentOS 5
PHP 5.3 requires a newer version of PEAR to function properly, therefore this is a bit different than php52 but very much the same.
[root@el5-64 ~]# rpm -qa | grep php php-mbstring-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-odbc-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-imap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-pdo-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-pear-1.4.9-4.el5.1 php-common-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-gd-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-ldap-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-cli-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-mysql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 php-xml-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 [root@el5-64 ~]# yum shell > remove php-mbstring php-odbc php-imap php-pdo php-common php-gd php-ldap php-cli php-mysql php php-xml php-pear > install php53-mbstring php53-odbc php53-imap php53-pdo php53-common php53-gd php53-ldap php53-cli php53-mysql php53 php53-xml php-pear18 > transaction solve > transaction run > quit [root@el5-64 ~]# php -v PHP 5.3.0 (cli) (built: Jul 28 2009 14:44:07) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies [root@el5-64 ~]# httpd -t Syntax OK [root@el5-64 ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart Stopping httpd: [ OK ] Starting httpd: [ OK ]
Notice that we installed php-pear18 along with php53.
Upgrading to Python 2.6 on RHEL/CentOS 5
Python is a critical package to the system, and therefore we do not want to upgrade it... rather we want to 'side-by-side' it. We can however remove/upgrade mod_python.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE PYTHON OR PYTHON-SETUPTOOLS
The following gets you python26 + setuptools + mod_python26:
[root@el5-64 ~]# rpm -e mod_python [root@el5-64 ~]# yum install python26 python26-setuptools mod_python26 [root@el5-64 ~]# python -V Python 2.4.3 [root@el5-64 ~]# python2.6 -V Python 2.6 [root@el5-64 ~]# easy_install-2.6 sqlalchemy [root@el5-64 ~]# ls /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/SQLAlchemy-0.5.5-py2.6.egg/ EGG-INFO sqlalchemy [root@el5-64 ~]# python2.6 Python 2.6 (r26:66714, May 21 2009, 17:50:00) [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sqlalchemy >>>
Installing Packages from IUS Testing
Sometimes you might want to try an update before it is released to stable, or simple want to help us with testing out packages that we are waiting for feedback on. The ius-release package that you installed also sets up the ius-testing repository, however it is not enabled by default.
[root@el5-64 ~]# yum install <package1> <package2> --enablerepo=ius-testing [root@el5-64 ~]# yum upgrade --enablerepo=ius-testing
Common Examples for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
It is possible that you still have a RHEL4 box. Yes, we know... it is sad. But don't worry, we still have a few packages available for you.
Configuring EPEL and IUS on RHEL/CentOS 4
[root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# wget http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/4/i386/epel-release-1-1.ius.el4.noarch.rpm [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# wget http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/4/i386/ius-release-1-2.ius.el4.noarch.rpm [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# rpm -Uvh ius-release*.rpm epel-release*.rpm [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/IUS-COMMUNITY-GPG-KEY [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL
Upgrade Stock MySQL 4.1 to IUS MySQL 5.0 on RHEL/CentOS 4
This is quick and dirty, but so is RHEL 4... so deal:
# backup your data [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# mysqldump -A > all_databases.sql # determine which packages to remove/replace [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# rpm -qa | grep mysql mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4.RHEL4.1 mysql-server-4.1.22-2.el4 php-mysql-4.3.9-3.26 libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-10.RHEL4.1 mysql-devel-4.1.22-2.el4 mysql-4.1.22-2.el4 # perform the upgrade [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld stop Stopping MySQL: [ OK ] [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# rpm -e mysql mysql-server mysql-devel --nodeps warning: /var/log/mysqld.log saved as /var/log/mysqld.log.rpmsave warning: /etc/my.cnf saved as /etc/my.cnf.rpmsave [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start Starting MySQL: [ OK ] [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# mysql_upgrade -t /tmp # basque in the glory of a successful upgrade [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# mysql -V mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.85, for redhat-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.1
Upgrading Stock PHP 4.3 to IUS PHP 5.2 on RHEL/CentOS 4
Again, quick and dirty:
# determine which packages to remove/replace [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# rpm -qa | grep php php-mbstring-4.3.9-3.26 php-gd-4.3.9-3.26 php-ldap-4.3.9-3.26 php-mysql-4.3.9-3.26 php-pgsql-4.3.9-3.26 php-pear-4.3.9-3.26 php-imap-4.3.9-3.26 php-odbc-4.3.9-3.26 php-4.3.9-3.26 # do the upgrade [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# rpm -e php-mbstring php-gd php-ldap php-mysql php-pgsql php-imap php-odbc php --nodeps warning: /etc/php.ini saved as /etc/php.ini.rpmsave [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# up2date -u php52-mbstring php52-gd php52-ldap php52-mysql php52-pgsql php52-imap php52-odbc php52 [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# php -v PHP 5.2.11 (cli) (built: Oct 1 2009 19:19:44) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# httpd -t Syntax OK [root@esx02-bjd-el4-64 ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart Stopping httpd: [ OK ] Starting httpd: [ OK ]