[How-To] Install yum on CentOS 4??

WARNING: According to eApps policy if you edit any system files manually, they might not support the changes you have made. Use at your own risk.

NOTE: If SQLite is installed in HSPc, do NOT uninstall it after having done this.

SSH into your VPS as root and follow these instructions.

Firstly, create a source directory to work from:

mkdir /usr/local/src/yum

cd /usr/local/src/yum

Then, download the following packages:

wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/apt/i386/RPMS.os/python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/apt/i386/RPMS.os/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/apt/i386/RPMS.os/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.el4.centos.i386.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/apt/i386/RPMS.os/python-urlgrabber-2.9.8-2.noarch.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/apt/i386/RPMS.os/yum-2.4.3-3.el4.centos.noarch.rpm
wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/apt/i386/RPMS.os/sqlite-3.3.6-2.i386.rpm

Now install them:

rpm -Uvh *.rpm


Finally, update your system:


yum -u update


All done! Now if you want to install an application, just run:


yum -y install application


[OPTIONAL] You may also want to delete the source directory:


rm -rf /usr/local/src/yum