Issue
I want to keep in the yum ecosystem so I can more easily catch updates, so wanted to install a later version of tomcat to my CentOS 6.9 machine. But of course CentOS 6.9 does not give you any tomcat beyond tomcat6 via yum:
sudo yum search tomcat
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.jaleco.com
* epel: reflector.westga.edu
* epel-debuginfo: reflector.westga.edu
* extras: mirror.jaleco.com
* rpmforge: mirror.lstn.net
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.math.princeton.edu
* rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo: mirror.math.princeton.edu
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.math.princeton.edu
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-debuginfo: mirror.math.princeton.edu
* updates: ftp.osuosl.org
===================================================== N/S Matched: tomcat =====================================================
apache-tomcat-apis.noarch : Tomcat Servlet and JSP APIs
jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5.noarch : Jakarta Commons Collection dependency for Tomcat5
jakarta-commons-dbcp-tomcat5.noarch : DBCP dependency for Tomcat5
jakarta-commons-pool-tomcat5.i686 : Pool dependency for Tomcat5
jglobus-ssl-proxies-tomcat.noarch : Globus Java - SSL and proxy certificate support for Tomcat
tomcat-admin-webapps.noarch : The host-manager and manager web applications for Apache Tomcat
tomcat-docs-webapp.noarch : The docs web application for Apache Tomcat
tomcat-javadoc.noarch : Javadoc generated documentation for Apache Tomcat
tomcat-jsp-2.2-api.noarch : Apache Tomcat JSP API implementation classes
tomcat-jsvc.noarch : Apache jsvc wrapper for Apache Tomcat as separate service
tomcat-lib.noarch : Libraries needed to run the Tomcat Web container
tomcat-native.i686 : Tomcat native library
tomcat-native-debuginfo.i686 : Debug information for package tomcat-native
tomcat-servlet-3.0-api.noarch : Apache Tomcat Servlet API implementation classes
tomcat-webapps.noarch : The ROOT and examples web applications for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-admin-webapps.noarch : The host-manager and manager web applications for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-debuginfo.i686 : Debug information for package tomcat6
tomcat6-docs-webapp.noarch : The docs web application for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-javadoc.noarch : Javadoc generated documentation for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api.noarch : Apache Tomcat JSP API implementation classes
tomcat6-lib.noarch : Libraries needed to run the Tomcat Web container
tomcat6-log4j.noarch : Log4J support for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api.noarch : Apache Tomcat Servlet API implementation classes
tomcat6-webapps.noarch : The ROOT and examples web applications for Apache Tomcat
tomcatjss.noarch : JSSE implementation using JSS for Tomcat
tomcat.noarch : Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, RI for Servlet 3.0/JSP 2.2 API
tomcat-el-2.2-api.noarch : Expression Language v1.0 API
tomcat6.noarch : Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, RI for Servlet 2.5/JSP 2.1 API
tomcat6-el-2.1-api.noarch : Expression Language v1.0 API
So what is the safest way to let me install any version of tomcat I want using yum? Do I need to add another repository, per chance?
3/4/2019 update, based on advice from user3788685:
sudo yum-config-manager --enable epel-testing
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
=============================================================================================== repo: epel-testing ===============================================================================================
[epel-testing]
bandwidth = 0
base_persistdir = /var/lib/yum/repos/i386/6
baseurl =
cache = 0
cachedir = /var/cache/yum/i386/6/epel-testing
cost = 1000
enabled = 1
enablegroups = True
exclude =
failovermethod = priority
ftp_disable_epsv = False
gpgcadir = /var/lib/yum/repos/i386/6/epel-testing/gpgcadir
gpgcakey =
gpgcheck = True
gpgdir = /var/lib/yum/repos/i386/6/epel-testing/gpgdir
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
hdrdir = /var/cache/yum/i386/6/epel-testing/headers
http_caching = all
includepkgs =
keepalive = True
mdpolicy = group:primary
mediaid =
metadata_expire = 21600
metalink =
mirrorlist = https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=testing-epel6&arch=i386
mirrorlist_expire = 86400
name = Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - Testing - i386
old_base_cache_dir =
password =
persistdir = /var/lib/yum/repos/i386/6/epel-testing
pkgdir = /var/cache/yum/i386/6/epel-testing/packages
proxy = False
proxy_dict =
proxy_password =
proxy_username =
repo_gpgcheck = False
retries = 10
skip_if_unavailable = False
ssl_check_cert_permissions = True
sslcacert =
sslclientcert =
sslclientkey =
sslverify = True
throttle = 0
timeout = 30.0
username =
sudo yum search tomcat
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.metrocast.net
* epel: archive.linux.duke.edu
* epel-debuginfo: archive.linux.duke.edu
* epel-testing: archive.linux.duke.edu
* epel-testing-debuginfo: archive.linux.duke.edu
* extras: ftp.osuosl.org
* rpmforge: mirror.lstn.net
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.math.princeton.edu
* rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo: mirror.math.princeton.edu
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.math.princeton.edu
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-debuginfo: mirror.math.princeton.edu
* updates: mirror.steadfastnet.com
============================================================================================== N/S Matched: tomcat ===============================================================================================
apache-tomcat-apis.noarch : Tomcat Servlet and JSP APIs
jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5.noarch : Jakarta Commons Collection dependency for Tomcat5
jakarta-commons-dbcp-tomcat5.noarch : DBCP dependency for Tomcat5
jakarta-commons-pool-tomcat5.i686 : Pool dependency for Tomcat5
jglobus-ssl-proxies-tomcat.noarch : Globus Java - SSL and proxy certificate support for Tomcat
tomcat-admin-webapps.noarch : The host-manager and manager web applications for Apache Tomcat
tomcat-docs-webapp.noarch : The docs web application for Apache Tomcat
tomcat-javadoc.noarch : Javadoc generated documentation for Apache Tomcat
tomcat-jsp-2.2-api.noarch : Apache Tomcat JSP API implementation classes
tomcat-jsvc.noarch : Apache jsvc wrapper for Apache Tomcat as separate service
tomcat-lib.noarch : Libraries needed to run the Tomcat Web container
tomcat-native.i686 : Tomcat native library
tomcat-native-debuginfo.i686 : Debug information for package tomcat-native
tomcat-servlet-3.0-api.noarch : Apache Tomcat Servlet API implementation classes
tomcat-webapps.noarch : The ROOT and examples web applications for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-admin-webapps.noarch : The host-manager and manager web applications for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-debuginfo.i686 : Debug information for package tomcat6
tomcat6-docs-webapp.noarch : The docs web application for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-javadoc.noarch : Javadoc generated documentation for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api.noarch : Apache Tomcat JSP API implementation classes
tomcat6-lib.noarch : Libraries needed to run the Tomcat Web container
tomcat6-log4j.noarch : Log4J support for Apache Tomcat
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api.noarch : Apache Tomcat Servlet API implementation classes
tomcat6-webapps.noarch : The ROOT and examples web applications for Apache Tomcat
tomcatjss.noarch : JSSE implementation using JSS for Tomcat
tomcat.noarch : Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, RI for Servlet 3.0/JSP 2.2 API
tomcat-el-2.2-api.noarch : Expression Language v1.0 API
tomcat6.noarch : Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, RI for Servlet 2.5/JSP 2.1 API
tomcat6-el-2.1-api.noarch : Expression Language v1.0 API
Name and summary matches only, use "search all" for everything.
more /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo
[epel-testing]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - Testing - $basearch
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/testing/6/$basearch
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=testing-epel6&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
[epel-testing-debuginfo]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - Testing - $basearch - Debug
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/testing/6/$basearch/debug
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=testing-debug-epel6&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
gpgcheck=1
[epel-testing-source]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - Testing - $basearch - Source
#baseurl=http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/testing/6/SRPMS
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=testing-source-epel6&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
gpgcheck=1
Solution
The epel-testing repo provides Tomcat-7.0.92.
$yum info tomcat
Installed Packages
Name : tomcat
Arch : noarch
Version : 7.0.92
Release : 1.el6
Size : 314 k
Repo : installed
From repo : epel-testing
Summary : Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, RI for Servlet 3.0/JSP 2.2 API
URL : http://tomcat.apache.org/
License : ASL 2.0
Check in /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo and see if you have the file, if you do check inside for/set enabled=1 and you should be able to install.
If you are missing the file the section you need is as follows;
[epel]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - $basearch
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
[epel-testing]
name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - Testing - $basearch
mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=testing-epel6&arch=$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
from there you can do yum update as normal for any new versions.
Answered By - user3788685 Answer Checked By - Mildred Charles (WPSolving Admin)