Where to ask ? How to contact Remi ?

Blog comments are not designed to launch discussion. Forums are open for all question, support, discussion.

How to encourage Remi ?

There is a lot of ways, for example:

  • A small comment on "Merci / Thanks",
  • Use the repository, and the forums to report your use cases.
  • Write on your blog about the repository,
  • Use the "Donate" button (in the upper right corner, I you have miss it), funds will pay my next builder, my web hosting, my web access and some other small gifts.

How to Use the repository ?

I think all is explained in the Repository Configuration page.

Why the repository isn't enabled on default ?

Available packages override those in official repository. So their installation must be a pondered administrator choice. But it's really easy to permanently enable it.

How to keep informed of repository news ?

First, reading this blog, each new major version is announced by an entry, minor one by a comment Afterward, each repository have a RSS feed, ex for e6.x86_64.

Can I synchronize a local mirror of remi repository ?

Yes : the reposync command is designed for this use.

You can, now, also use rsync, for this, send me an email to ask an access (with a static IP address)

Can MySQL be updated without PHP ?

Yes : compat-mysql51 (fedora 11-14) mysqlclient15 (fedora 8-10 and EL-5) and mysqlclient14 (EL-4) packages provide the connection library for the other packages in the official repository. Yum will handle of this.

Can PHP be updated without MySQL ?

Yes : compat-mysql55 package (in remi-test repository) provides the connection library for php-mysql. It must be installed "before" the PHP update.

The use of php-mysqlnd allow to use mysql extension without dependency on MySQL library.

Conflict between i386 and x86_64 packages ?

This is not directly an issue with remi repository, but rather a old known bug of the old fedora versions and EL-5 installer. Bug which is fixed in more recent versions. This bug cause both the 32 bits and 64 bits libraries being installed. For me, the simplest is the full clean of all 32 bits libraries after a 64 bits system installation:

yum remove glibc.i686

Can I  get an old version of a package ?

Notice : the main goal of remi repository is to provide the latest versions to have benefit of improvements and fixes, especially security ones.

Yes, this is possible, just open a request on the forum, with all the needed information about the distribution, version and architecture. As this require a search in my off-line backup, you must be patient.

Firefox, Thunderbird, etc for EL ?

Graphical applications, are only available for fedora, which I consider as the best choice for a workstation. For me, Enterprise Linux is mainly for server system.

Despite this, this applications are now available for EL-6 (le latest version).

Last update : 2012-05-04