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RedHat Linux RPM Packages
Dan's RedHat Linux RPM Packages
Downloading and Installing Packages
Disclaimer

RedHat Linux RPM Packages

RPM packages is a method RedHat devised to deliver software in binary and source form. RPM has since been adopted by most Linux distributions. "Red Hat Linux" refers to a release of the RedHat distribution, "Updates" refer to critical bug and security fixes for particular releases, and "Contrib" refers to contributions made by third-party developers of packages not in the distribution or newer releases of packages in the distribution.

Many of these packages are also available as Solaris pkgadd-format packages. See http://sun.drydog.com/packages.php

Dan's RedHat Linux RPM Packages

The following RedHat Linux RPM packages have been built by me, mainly because they are not available elsewhere in RPM or binary form (at least for a recent version of the software). See the disclaimer below, especially if you are common-sense-challenged :-). To download and install, see instructions below.

CSSC package
CSSC is a SCCS clone. SCCS and CSSC are source management systems that track changes to source code and allow one to undo changes and revert to earlier versions, or branch off to other versions. SCCS is an older system that predates newer source management systems such as CVS or even RCS. CSSC is mainly used to extract source from legacy UNIX-based source management systems. For more information see http://cssc.sourceforge.net/
"SCCS" stands for "Source Code Control System". "CSSC" stands for "Compatibly Stupid Source Control" (pun).
i386 RPM: CSSC-1.0.1-1.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: CSSC-1.0.1-1.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

knews package
X-Windows Threaded USENET newsreader (it's not kde—their newsreader is knode) Supports URLs, inline images, MIME types, multipart articles, mailcap viewers, attachments, background threading, kill file, regular expression search, fonts/coloring, tagging, and uudecode. By Karl-Johan Johnsson. See http://www.matematik.su.se/~kjj/ knews was written by Karl-Johan Johnsson.
Update 8/2002: D. J. Hawkey has some patches for knews, not incorporated here yet, at ftp.visi.com/users/hawkeyd/fbsd/knews-1.0b.1-to-1.0c.0.tar.gz For details, see http://freshmeat.net/projects/knews/?topic_id=39
i386 RPM: knews-1.0b.1-1.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: knews-1.0b.1-1.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

ksh93 package (ATT Korn Shell)
The ksh93 package contains Korn Shell 93, ksh. Ksh is a command interpreter intended for both interactive and shell script use. Ksh's command language is a superset of the Bourne shell, sh. Ksh has the functionality of other scripting languages such as awk, icon, perl, rexx, and tcl. Unlike most shells, Ksh has floating point math. Ksh is compatible with earlier versions of ksh. Ksh is extensible.
Ksh is intended to conform to the Shell Language Standard developed by the IEEE POSIX 1003.2 Shell and Utilities Language Committee. Ksh was developed by David Korn and others at AT&T's Research Lab. This is not a (broken, incomplete) ksh clone—it is the real thing.
For more information, see http://www.kornshell.com/
Ksh is released by ATT under the OSI-certified Common Public License 1.0. See http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt for details.
i386 RPM: ksh93-2005.01.11.k-1.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: ksh93-2005.01.11.k-1.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Patch for sourcedir ksh93-2005.01.11.k-2.patch.gz: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
(patch is needed only if building from source and "-s sourcedir" is specified).

linux_logo package
The linux_logo package contains Tux the Linux penguin ASCII art for use on the console.
i386 RPM: linux_logo-3.02-1.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: linux_logo-3.02-1.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

netwatch package
Netwatch enables real-time viewing of network activity. Network usage is tracked on a per host basis. Packet and byte counts are available for all host communication. Router statistics and summary charts are available. For more information, see http://www.slctech.org/~mackay/netwatch.html
i386 RPM: netwatch-1.0a-1.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: netwatch-1.0a-1.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

nslint package
nslint is a lint-like program that checks DNS files for errors. DNS or Domain Name System generally maps names to IP addresses and e-mail addresses in a hierarchical fashion. BIND comes with a simpler script, named-checkzone, that does a subset of the checks done by nslint.
Errors detected include missing trailing dots, illegal characters (RFC 1034), A records without matching PTR records and vice-versa, duplicat names in a subnet, duplicate names for an address, names with cname records (RFC 1033) missing quotes, and unknown keywords.
From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Network Research Group, Berkeley, California, USA. See ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/
i386 RPM: nslint-2.0.2-2.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: nslint-2.0.2-2.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

queso package
Queso identifies operating systems from the TCP packet signature rather than banners, daemon versions, etc. The current config file lists over 80 OS's and versions. It can detect Linux Kernel versions and TCP responses from devices such as routers, terminal servers, printers, etc.
i386 RPM: queso-1.20-3.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: queso-1.20-3.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

swhoisd package
Swhoisd, Simple WHOIS Daemon, provides the standard Internet whois directory service It is much simpler to setup and administrator than the other whois daemons available, such as RIPE whois or the original SRC whois. This is because it uses a flat-text file over a complex database. This whois server is recommended only for small databases (preferably under 100 records and no more than 1000).
This daemon conforms to RFC 834 and uses TCP port 43 (service "whois").
Install this if you know what a whois daemon is and want to set one up.
swhoisd web page.
i386 RPM: ../swhoisd/swhoisd-3.0.4-1.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: ../swhoisd/swhoisd-3.0.4-1.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

tin package
TIN is a ASCII text menu-oriented NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) USENET news reader. Because it doesn't use graphics, it' is perfect for use over remote telnet/ssh or slow connections. The client confirms to the various NNTP protocol RFCs.
Install this if you know what a whois daemon is and want to set one up.
TIN web page.
i386 RPM: tin-1.6.2-1.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: tin-1.6.2-1.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

xinetd package (with IPv6)
Xinetd is a secure replacement for inetd, the Internet services daemon. Xinetd provides access control for all services based on the address of the remote host and/or on time of access and can prevent denial-of-access attacks. Xinetd provides extensive logging, has no limit on the number of server arguments and you can bind specific services to specific IP addresses on your host machine. Each service has its own specific configuration file for Xinetd; the files are located in the /etc/xinetd.d directory. See http://synack.net/xinetd/
IPv6 is now enabled for RedHat RPM xinetd-2.3.3-1. This is done by starting a separate process to handle IPv6, xinetd-ipv6, in addition to xinetd (for IPv4). The ipv6 module must be loaded or compiled in the Linux kernel. See http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/IPv6-HOWTO/IPv6-HOWTO-3.html#xinetd
The fix (workaround) for this is documented at bug 49621.

xroach package
Display disgusting cockroaches under your X windows. Y2K compliant (yes, I actually got an email asking me to certify that :-). Doesn't work with GNOME or KDE.
i386 RPM: xroach-4.0-2.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: xroach-4.0-2.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

xsnow package
The Xsnow toy provides a continual gentle snowfall, trees, and Santa Claus flying his sleigh around the screen on the root X window. Doesn't work with GNOME or KDE. By Rick Jansen. See http://www.euronet.nl/~rja/Xsnow/
i386 RPM: xsnow-1.41-1.i386.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)
Source: xsnow-1.41-1.src.rpm: 31 Dec 1969 ( bytes)

RPM packages are signed with my GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) Key. For how that was done, see my Linux RPM Signing HOWTO. For a FTP directory listing of all packages and files described here, see ftp://dan.drydog.com/pub/linux/

Downloading and Installing Packages

For RedHat Linux, carefully follow the download - install steps below:

Most (or all) Linux distributions provide the ability to install RPM packages either with RPM or with their own install tool. Debian distributions have "alien," which converts packages from .rpm to .deb package format. If your Linux distribution doesn't have RPM, consult your documentation.

Download When downloading a file, make sure you are saving in binary (not text) mode. Check that the filesize matches the size listed above after downloading.

Install Become root (login or su -). Change to the directory containing the package. Use /bin/rpm to install packages after they are uncompressed. For example,
/bin/rpm -Uvh nslint-2.0.2-2.i386.rpm

Use "rpm -qi to verify the package is isntalled. For example, rpm -qi nslint The files you installed from the package can be listed with, for example, rpm -ql nslint

Problems? For RPM questions, see the RPM HOWTO. For RedHat Linux questions, see the RedHat Linux Support page. If you want to ask a question go to archives for various RedHat mailing lists or the comp.linux.redhat USENET newsgroup.

Disclaimer

Access to and use of this software is subject to the following terms and conditions:

This software is provided "as is" without any express or implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The software comes from many varied sources, and, has not been tested or examined. Therefore, THE PACKAGER ASSUMES *NO* RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, OR FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, even if they result from negligence or errors on the part of the author.

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