linux - Building rtmpdump on RHEL x86 without yum and no root rights
2014-07
user3596479
I have an ssh connection to a RHEL x86 machine, and I can't use yum and I don't have root rights. Is there a way to install rtmpdump anyhow? By looking at this tutorial, it seems that installing rtmpdump on CentOS (as I understand, CentOS and RHEL are similar) is pretty easy.. only if you have yum.
So what are my options?
Questioner
I want to dive into the open source world and start using a Linux distro while learning to program. I've looked over the options and it pretty much boils down to Fedora or CentOS. The reasoning behind it is I'm hoping to kill two birds with one stone...
Redhat seems to be "the choice" for servers, so I figure as I learn to program, I can also learn my way around Linux... or Redhat more specifically... and get that under my belt too.
I want to use Fedora, and be on the frontier of new software (since I'm not doing anything critical), but if it's completely different than Redhat I'd rather just use CentOS.
So is it? Or can I use one and know the other?
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Absolutely. These days, RHEL (and indirectly, CentOS) derives almost directly from Fedora, so learning Fedora will help give you an edge in future technologies in RHEL.
Charlie Martin
Honestly, learning ANY Linux will teach you your way around ANY UNIX operating system, to a first approximation. The differences between them are subtle, even with outliers like Solaris 10.
Conrad Cruz
For open source; Servers - CentOS & Desktop - Fedora
Closed Soure = RHEL6 (where RHEL6 is almost identical with Fedora 12 onwards except for the support on RHEL6 which you need to pay for it).
Blake