How to install Git under CentOS running cPanel
Recently when working on creating a new bash script to calculate inode usage I attempted to install Git on a CentOS 5 cPanel server and got a lot of Perl errors. After running the install command from Yum as you can see in the output below it was complaining about dependencies.
Here’s a few of the errors that I received when trying to install
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yum install git-core Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: mirror.team-cymru.org * base: yum.singlehop.com * epel: mirrors.servercentral.net * extras: mirror.steadfast.net * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net * updates: pubmirrors.reflected.net Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package git.i386 0:1.7.3-1.el4.rf set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: perl-Git = 1.7.3-1.el4.rf for package: git --> Processing Dependency: libcrypto.so.4 for package: git --> Processing Dependency: perl(DBI) for package: git --> Processing Dependency: libssl.so.4 for package: git --> Processing Dependency: perl(Git) for package: git --> Running transaction check ---> Package git.i386 0:1.7.3-1.el4.rf set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: perl-Git = 1.7.3-1.el4.rf for package: git --> Processing Dependency: perl(DBI) for package: git --> Processing Dependency: perl(Git) for package: git ---> Package openssl097a.i386 0:0.9.7a-9.el5_4.2 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution git-1.7.3-1.el4.rf.i386 from rpmforge has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: perl(DBI) is needed by package git-1.7.3-1.el4.rf.i386 (rpmforge) git-1.7.3-1.el4.rf.i386 from rpmforge has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: perl(Git) is needed by package git-1.7.3-1.el4.rf.i386 (rpmforge) git-1.7.3-1.el4.rf.i386 from rpmforge has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: perl-Git = 1.7.3-1.el4.rf is needed by package git-1.7.3-1.el4.rf.i386 (rpmforge) Error: Missing Dependency: perl(DBI) is needed by package git-1.7.3-1.el4.rf.i386 (rpmforge) Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Git) is needed by package git-1.7.3-1.el4.rf.i386 (rpmforge) Error: Missing Dependency: perl-Git = 1.7.3-1.el4.rf is needed by package git-1.7.3-1.el4.rf.i386 (rpmforge) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: package-cleanup --problems package-cleanup --dupes rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest |
After searching around and doing a little bit of research I figured out the problem was related to cPanel itself. cPanel was blocking the installation of any Perl modules to prevent it from conflicting with their packages.
Thankfully though there is a really simple way through Yum to install Git and bypass this block from cPanel.
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yum --disableexcludes=main install git |
We add in the –disableexcludes=main and you should be able to install Git without any problems.
If you end up having problems with cPanel afterwards (which I have not experienced), you can run this script from cPanel to check the Perl modules installed.
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/scripts/checkperlmodules |
