![]() ![]() So there will be a bunch of problems that occur when 3rd party apps rely on redhat-release or centos-release, or some RHEL derived naming for packages and updates, see here for an example of the RHEL vs CentOS naming problems įedora is based off different source code branches, and hence different shared libraries and kernel revisions. This is mainly because its a hack to do this, and its not widely tested.ĬentOS patch levels do not follow the same naming convention as RHEL patches, due to Redhat restrictions and other naming issues. There will be some problems, and some package cleaning up required if you mix repositories. This migration guide covers some of the processes of migrating from RHEL to CentOS in-place - Ī fresh installation of CentOS is always recommended. So you can download the "centos-release" package from a CentOs mirror for the release of RHEL you have chosen CentOS Mirrors List, and that will install the CentOS-Base repo files to enable the CentOs repositories to work in RHEL. Packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.)." Policies and aims to be 100% binary compatible. "CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution With respect to the other answers, I felt a slight more full answer could be given to your question.ĬentOS aims to be 100% binary compatible with RHEL, hence CentOS 6.2 packages should install and run on RHEL 6.2 Install the equivalent centos-release package from a centos downloads location This will enable the CentOS package repos where you can do a yum update or a yum install gcc
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