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How to replace packages from an old repository with the package from the new repository

Christopher Barnett
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Introduction

 

Sometimes it may be necessary to replace a package provided by an old repository with the package provided by a new repository. This can happen after installing or uninstalling something (such as CloudLinux) that makes use of a different repository for existing packages on the server.

 

Procedure

 

To replace a single package, run the following command, where PACKAGE is replaced with the actual package name.

 

yum swap -- remove PACKAGE -- install PACKAGE

 

You can replace all packages from a repository using the following command where REPO is replaced with the repository name.

 

packages=$(yum list installed|grep @REPO|grep -v "^\s"|cut -d. -f1)
yum swap -- remove $packages -- install $packages

 

You can find out what repository a package is from by running the following command, where PACKAGE is replaced with the actual package name.

 

yum list installed|grep PACKAGE|awk '{print $NF}'

 

This can be done via SSH or the Terminal in WHM.

 

Using Terminal To Access the Command Line

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