On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 5:23 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > isdtor wrote: > > Can anyone comment on the use of 3rd party repos for newer versions of > > software like php, python and mysql? Two I am aware of are puias and ius. > > > > Is one preferable to the other? Can their packages be installed in > > parallel to and without interfering with base packages? > > We use epel and rpmfusion; there are no conflicts. Elrepo we only use for > I try hard to stick to official CentOS packages, but every once in a while snag something from EPEL. In the past I encountered a system that used IUS for a newer version of PHP and a yum-replace plugin. [0] [1] [0] http://iuscommunity.org/pages/Repos.html [1] http://iuscommunity.org/pages/About.html > *very* specific things (like the systems I can use kmod-nvidia on). > rpmforge frequently has conflicts. > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos