Install Sympa distribution: RPM package

Currently, unofficial YUM repository is provided by volunteers.

Requirements

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 or 7 or its clones. Among clones, at least CentOS 6 or 7 is reported working.

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  Note:

  • Packages for RHEL/CentOS 5 will no longer be provided.

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• On RHEL, the “optional repository” should be enabled: Some dependent packages are shipped in this repository.

Installing

1. Add Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository. It can be done by installing epel-release package. For more details see EPEL description.

2. Add unofficial Sympa repository.

   Download a repository configuration file and save it in /etc/yum.repos.d directory.

   Then update cache:

   # yum makecache
   

3. Install Sympa:

   # yum install sympa
   

By the steps above, Sympa and dependent packages will be installed.

Upgrading

1. Update yum, dependent packages and then Sympa packages:

   # yum update yum
   # yum update --exclude='sympa*'
   # yum update sympa
   

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