This may help you with yum too. This came from the Red Hat portal that you get access to with support. I hope you can still view it.
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-2531 On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:52 AM, John Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > I think I can help... > > If you do an install from the RHEL installer, select customize now, and > you'll be able to see everything that can be installed. You just simply > un-check what you do not want. > Start with the base server package. > > However, if this is a 64 bit install, or x86_64 they call it. > You should be aware that you will have to install some 32 bit libraries > needed by Universe/Unidata. > > These are as follows: > > Rocket has a little paper on this that my vendor sent me, BUT, it uses > rpm, and rpm has been deprecated with RHEL 6. You now need to run > everything through yum (the package manager). > > So to be safe, do the following: > yum search <package name you are looking for> > yum install <package name you need> > > The ones you are going to need are most likely going to end with an .i686 > indicating that it is a 32 bit package. > > Universe/Unidata has the following requirements. > So do a yum search for these packages. > > glibc > nss-softokn-freebl > ncurses-libs > audit-libs > cracklib > db4-4 > libselinux > pam > sssd > libgcc > libstdc > gdbm > > Then install any i686 counterparts you may need. If it is installed, when > you try to yum install it, it will tell you its already installed. > > Again, don't use rpm, because yum will make your life easier. > > If the Universe/Unidata install fails, it will tell you what library is > missing. > To be safe and start the installation over just remove... > /usr/uv/unishared.load > /usr/uv/HS.BP.O > (or the entire uv directory and start again) > > Also, here is some info from the Rocket paper that is more up to date. > > General RHEL 6 Information > Note: Depending on your company guidelines some of these may be skipped: > - The GUI interface needs a minimum of 1GB of RAM (System RAM not > dedicated Video RAM) > - Under the Desktops option, select all options (not including all > optional packages) or all options except > KDE to get GUI interface to work. Or, select the 'Software Development > Workstation' installation type. > - The firewall service is running by default, use the GUI interface to > disable/configure it. > - SELinux is running by default. To disable, edit the /etc/selinux/config > file. Change the first > uncommented line to 'SELINUX=disabled'. Reboot. > Note: vsftpd wasn't able to connect by default until SELinux was > disabled. There may be some way to > get this to work, but it was not pursued further. > - rsh, rsh-server, telnet, telnet-server, xinetd are part of the 'Base > System -> Legacy Unix Compatibility' > install package option. SSH tends to be the standard connectivity now. > - The 'ftp' client is in the 'Base System -> Console Internet Tools' > package option. > - Enabling root via telnet and vsftpd is the same as previous RHEL > versions. > Specific to UniVerse: > - UV 10.3 still uses the uncompress command. This is changed at UV 11.1 > to use gunzip instead. For UV > 10.3 installs, run the command 'ln -s /bin/gunzip /bin/uncompress'. > - Add the line 'uvrpc 31438/tcp' to the /etc/services file. This is used > for UniDK/UniAdmin type connections. > UniData adds the uvrpc entry by default. > > On the SELINUX thing, when you change that option, you will have to reboot. > The only way to disable SELINUX on install, is to append a kernel option > before you boot the installer. > Just hit the spacebar to bring up the menu > Hit a > Then in the grub config, type: selinux=0 and hit Enter > > I have a GNOME desktop on my machine for convenience because RAM is cheap > nowadays (and thats the only thing it really takes up) and it makes life > easier on some things, BUT, you do not need it. > > Why Rocket can't just build their own yum package to do this is beyond me, > but, oh well, such is life. > > Hope that helps. > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Phil Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am installing Universe on a system which already had RHEL 6 installed >> on and whoever installed it pretty much install all packages so it is very >> bloated. Can someone provide me with a list of packages that they have >> installed on the RHEL 6 server? >> >> I realise there will be subtle differences depending on >> customisation/programming, but I would suspect that mah-jong might be >> missing.... >> >> Cheers >> >> Phil. >> _______________________________________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> > > > > -- > John Thompson > -- John Thompson _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
