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how to fix this error: xz compression not available in centOS
When i upgrade php version 5.3.3 to latest in centOS i got this error: Error: xz compression not available its appear when i give command yum update -y
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This question was answered by @SphericalCow:
according to this forum thread, you may have installed an incompatible epel repository.
(from the above forum post)
Checked again and the problem occurs if you install the BETA EPEL 7 package. Even if you remove it and install the correct epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm package, it leaves /var/cache/yum/$arch/6/epel there with an xz file cached there and then yum cannot read it. You need to first, yum remove epel-release then rm -rf /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/epel (or the 32 bit version if your system is not 64 bit) then install the correct epel-release package. The epel-release-7 package is for the, as yet, unreleased RHEL7/CentOS 7. If you install it on your el5 or el6 system then it will break yum.I usually like to follow the instructions here to install the Epel repo.
according to this forum thread, you may have installed an incompatible epel repository.
(from the above forum post)
I usually like to follow the instructions here to install the Epel repo.