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YUM repository for RHEL / CentOS 5

A new yum repository is available: The "tuxad" repo provides additional Packages for RHEL 5 / CentOS 5 on arch i386.

It contains packages with modern encryption (= OpenSSL Version >= 0.98), XMPP (jabber) server and client, updated RHEL packages, small alternative shells, monitoring software ngtx, DJB software and more:

• ash
• daemontools
• djbdns
• dovecot
• enchant
• enchant-aspell
• enchant-devel
• enchant-voikko
• fnord
• fuse-sshfs
• glib216
• glib216-devel
• heirloom-sh
• hunspell
• hunspell-devel
• jabberd
• libmalaga
• libvoikko
• libvoikko-devel
• loudmouth
• loudmouth-devel
• malaga
• malaga-devel
• malaga-suomi-voikko
• mcabber
• mcabber-devel
• mu-conference
• ngtx
• ngtx-monitoringfs
• openssl
• openssl1
• postfix
• python-libvoikko
• rman
• shish
• ucspi-tcp
• voikko-tools

The RPM package to activate and configure this repo is tuxad-release-5-1.noarch.rpm.

To install i.e. the enhanced version of the dovecot package you must disable your default RHEL/CentOS repository while installing, example:

# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: installonlyn, security
repo id    repo name                               status
Server     rhel5 - Server                          2.639
epel       Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5   6.161
tuxad      Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 5   48
repolist: 8.848
# yum --disablerepo=Server install dovecot
Loaded plugins: installonlyn, security
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dovecot.i386 0:1.0.7-8.el5_9.1.log set to be
--> Processing Dependency: libcrypto.so.10(libcrypto.so.10 
--> Processing Dependency: libssl.so.10 for package: dovec
--> Processing Dependency: libssl.so.10(libssl.so.10) for
--> Processing Dependency: libcrypto.so.10 for package: d
--> Running transaction check
---> Package openssl1.i686 0:1.0.1e-30.el5_9.4 set to be
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package    Arch   Version             Repository Size
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Installing:
 dovecot    i386   1.0.7-8.el5_9.1.log tuxad      1.9 M
Installing for dependencies:
 openssl1   i686   1.0.1e-30.el5_9.4   tuxad      3.4 M

Transaction Summary
=======================================================
Install       2 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 5.3 M