In general, the software version in CentOS are behind. It's just the way CentOS and Red Hat operate. They aim for long term support and stability.
But if you have to use a newer software package, you may find that some newer packages in CentOS's test repository, as listed in this page Available Repositories for CentOS. For CentOS 5 testing packages, you can find them in http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/.
http://rpmrepo.org/RPMforge have links on how to enable rpmforge repository.
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Anonymous
January 12, 2010
9 weeks 3 days
Would be helpful for the
Would be helpful for the noobs if you could explain how to add the required Repo's.
Thanks!
voyageur
January 18, 2010
8 weeks 4 days
Ah. The repo file is all you
Ah. The repo file is all you need. Once you have it installed, make sure the "enabled" flag is set to 1.
This post, http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rhel5-fedora-core-add-new-yum-repository.html, explains the how-to.
For the CentOS testing repo, just download the file http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/CentOS-Testing.repo, and drop it into your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory. Make sure the "enabled" variable is set to 1.
Some repos provide a rpm file to help you install the repo. For those, you just run "rpm -Uhi http://adbc.com/.../something.rpm", and that shall take care of installation for you.
Hope this helps.