Install yum on RHEL5

1. Delete the default yum :
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$ rpm -aq | grep yum | xargs rpm -e --nodeps

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2. Install yum of from http://mirrors.163.com/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/ :
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$ wget http://mirrors.163.com/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm
$ wget http://mirrors.163.com/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
$ wget http://mirrors.163.com/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.i386.rpm
$ wget http://mirrors.163.com/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpm

$ rpm -ivh python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm
$ rpm -ivh yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.i386.rpm
$ rpm -ivh yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-14.el5.centos.1.noarch.rpm yum-3.2.22-26.el5.centos.noarch.rpm

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3. Download Config to /etc/yum.repos.d/ :
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$ wget http://sudone.com/download/CentOS-Base.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

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4. Test :
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$ yum search kernel
$ yum install ImageMagick
$ yum update

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