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How to version lock RPM packages

Steven Sublett
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Question

An RPM package update may cause issues or fail due to conflicts, and an RPM version lock may be needed. How do you version-lock an RPM package?

Answer

You need to install the versionlock DNF or Yum plugin to manage version locks.

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CentOS 7

  1. Install the package

    # yum install yum-versionlock

    Note: CentOS 7 went End of Life on June 30th 2024. If you run into an issue installing yum-versionlock due to the repository being archived, you can install the versionlock RPM from the CentOS vault.

    # yum install https://vault.centos.org/7.9.2009/os/x86_64/Packages/yum-plugin-versionlock-1.1.31-54.el7_8.noarch.rpm

  2. Lock the package

    Note: You will need to replace "<PACKAGENAME>" with the name of the package you want to version lock.

    # yum versionlock add <PACKAGENAME>

  3. List the locks to verify that the lock was added.

    # yum versionlock list

  4. Optional, delete the lock automatically after 30 days.

    Note: This will set the package to automatically unlock after 30 days. This will allow time for an update to be released and for the package to be unlocked, enabling updates to be applied. The at jobs need to be added again after the server reboots.

    # echo "yum versionlock delete <PACKAGENAME>" | at now + 30 days

AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CloudLinux

  1. Install the package

    With YUM:

    # yum install yum-plugin-versionlock

    With DNF:

    # dnf install python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock

  2. Lock the package

    Note: You will need to replace "<PACKAGENAME>" with the name of the package you want to version lock.

    With YUM:

    # yum versionlock add <PACKAGENAME>

    With DNF:

    # dnf versionlock add <PACKAGENAME>

  3. List the locks to verify that the lock was added.

    With YUM:

    # yum versionlock list

    With DNF:

    # dnf versionlock list

  4. Optional, delete the lock automatically after 30 days.

    Note: This will set the package to automatically unlock after 30 days. This will allow time for an update to be released and for the package to be unlocked, enabling updates to be applied. The at jobs need to be added again after the server reboots.

    With YUM:

    # echo "yum versionlock delete <PACKAGENAME>" | at now + 30 days

    With DNF:

    # echo "dnf versionlock delete <PACKAGENAME>" | at now + 30 days

Additional Resources

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