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How to skip packages in Linux yum update?
In most situations you might not want yum update to automatically upgrade the kernel. Before you do the real yum update, you can perform yum check-update, which will display all the packages that it will upgrade during the yum update. As you see below, in this example, there are three kernel related packages that will be upgraded by yum update.
What does it mean when Yum says install else re-install?
I ended up detecting if the package has been installed, if not, install it else re-install: Yum can return a non-zero exit status for things that are not really errors, causing higher-level systems such as Elastic Beanstalk to think the script has failed.
When to use exclude option in yum update?
When you perform yum update, it will download the latest version of all the packages that are installed on your system, and upgrade them to the latest version. You may be in situation where you might not want yum to automatically update one (or more) specific package. In those situations, use the yum exclude option as shown in the examples below.
Can you install newer packages in CentOS-Yum?
Once you’ve gone through the first two steps, you should be able to install the newer packages, assuming your repo is properly in sync. You may want to yum clean all right after the rpm -e –justdb to be sure of that – and make darn sure you specify –justdb or you could do all sorts of bad things to your system.
How do I get the version number of a package?
When creating a package, you assign a specific version number with an optional pre-release text suffix. When consuming packages, on the other hand, you can specify either an exact version number or a range of acceptable versions.
Do you need to specify version range in packagereference?
Version ranges in PackageReference include pre-release versions. By design, floating versions do not resolve prerelease versions unless opted into. For the status of the related feature request, see issue 6434. Always specify a version or version range for package dependencies in project files, packages.config files, and .nuspec files.
Why is it important to maintain a specific version of a package?
When working on some projects, sometimes you need the stability of your environment. Updating a package can cause the entire project to fail. Sometimes, we accidentally upgrade those packages which and this creates a serious issue on the server. This is why it can be important to maintain a specific version of a package.