Method for installing Yum on CentOS 5 _linux

Here are two ways to install Yum:

First, download the Yum RPM Package Direct installation

http://centos.ustc.edu.cn/centos/5.4/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-20.el5.centos.noarch.rpm

http://centos.ustc.edu.cn/centos/5.4/os/i386/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-13.el5.centos.noarch.rpm

After downloading to a directory, execute the following command
RPM-IVH yum*.rpm
If you are prompted for a missing file, see the second method.

Second, through the RPM package to install
Execute the following command in turn:
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutils-libs-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/readline-5.1-3.el5.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-2.4.3-27.el5.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/expat-1.95.8-8.2.1.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-5.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/sqlite-3.3.6-5.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/elfutils-0.137-3.el5.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/rpm-python-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386.rpm # (1)
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.6.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-5.el5.noarch.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-3.el5.centos.i386.rpm
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.2.22-20.el5.centos.noarch.rpm (2)
RPM-UVH http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-13.el5.centos.noarch.rpm (2)
Yum-y Update

Sometimes a simple method can not install a good yum, then the two combined, everything OK.

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