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 rpm -Uvh http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-6-6.el6.elrepo.noarch.rpm
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+====== Software Collections ======
+Software Collections is a project to package newer versions of software that will not conflict with system packages.
+Official Site: https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/
+===== Software Collections: Add Repo =====
+To add the software collections repo (available via "extras" repo)
+  * CentOS 6/7<code bash>yum install centos-release-scl</code>
+===== Software Collections: Install Software =====
+  * Browse the software collections library: https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/
+    * Each collection will have instructions for how to install.
+Example: Python 3.3
+  * Install<code bash>yum install python33</code>
+  * System version<code bash>[root@server1 ~]# python --version
+Python 2.7.5</code>
+  * SCL Version<code bash>[root@server1 ~]# scl enable python33 bash
+[root@server1 ~]# python --version
+Python 3.3.2</code>
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 If you are supporting Oracle Linux, the official repos are here: [[http://public-yum.oracle.com/]]
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+====== Custom Repo ======
+You can create a custom repository to serve up your own RPMs or a mirrored copy of a repo.
+===== Custom Repo: Server =====
+  - Install Apache Web Server and Create Repo packages<code bash>yum install httpd createrepo</code>
+  - Start and enable the web server
+    - EL 6<code bash>service httpd start
+chkconfig httpd on</code>
+    - EL 7<code bash>systemctl start httpd
+systemctl enable httpd</code>
+  - Create the directory structure<code bash>mkdir -p /var/www/html/repos/mycustom</code>
+  - Copy your RPMs to the directory<code bash>rsync -avhP *.rpm /var/www/html/repos/mycustom/</code>
+  - Create the repo data<code bash>createrepo -v /var/www/html/repos/mycustom</code>
+    - For future package updates/additions, run the createrepo command with the "--update" option in order to only update metadata for packages that have changed<code bash>createrepo -v --update /var/www/html/repos/mycustom</code>
+===== Custom Repo: Clients =====
+On clients that will use the repo:
+  - Create a repo file<code bash>vim /etc/yum.repos.d/mycustomrepo.repo
+[mycustomrepo]
+name=My Custom Repo
+baseurl=http://server2.example.com/repos/mycustom
+gpgcheck=0
+enabled=1</code>
+  - Cleanup yum<code bash>yum clean all</code>
+  - List repos<code bash>yum repolist</code>
+  - Install a package from the repo to test<code bash>yum install <package-name></code>
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