In this How To we are going to add EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) on CentOS / RHEL 6.x. Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (or EPEL) is a Fedora Special Interest Group that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL),CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL). Read the rest of this entry…

In this howto we will discuss how to prevent any package to be update using yum even its update is available. Sometimes we require to stick with current version of any installed rpm package and does not need to update. But whenever you execute yum command, it will search for available update for the current package install. Even if any package which is part of dependencies of installing rpm package will get update using yum. Read the rest of this entry…

In this HowTo we will discuss to encypt files using GnuPG. Encryption is a method which protect data stored on your computer or sending over the network from compromise. It can be used to ensure and verify data comes from a rightful owner, and also to maintain confidentiality of the data. We will used a tool GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) to encrypt individual files or validate files. Read the rest of this entry…