[nzlug] CentOS and the "joys" of rpm based systems

[Cliff Pratt]

Nevyn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If you'll recall a few months ago I was talking about reinstalling my
> server and doing fun things like playing with Xen to compartmentalize
> functionality into separate vm's.
> 
> I was looking to use Ubuntu but concluded that it simply wasn't mature
> enough with it's xen tools and doing things on it was sort of like
> pulling teeth. I seem to remember that someone suggest CentOS as a
> viable alternative.
> 
> So I recently downloaded a copy of CentOS 5 and installed it onto a vm
> (using VMware Server). It's installed and I've gotten over the first
> hurdle - the network just refused to work. Now my second hurdle, which
> is about me more than CentOS.
> 
> My first problem is the tools. I am so used to Ubuntu and Debian that
> I'm feeling quite lost. Commands like ifconfig and apt-get just aren't
> there.
> 
> Sure I could use yum rather than apt-get but I've always hated yum.
> I'm used to apt, so would love to get this going. Simple enough in
> other versions of CentOS - it seems you could just type in "yum
> install apt" in past versions of CentOS but it's just not working
> here.. No such package. Which makes me wonder if there's supposed to
> be a repository added in order to make this work.
> 
> As for ifconfig, I have no idea what the equivalent in Redhat based
> systems is. Any clues anyone? I'm mithed that I can't figure out my ip
> address from the machine itself - I'm instead having to go to my dhcp
> server to figure out which ip address it's got. I suppose this is a
> low priority seeing as it's probably going to change to a static IP
> anyway.
> 
ifconfig should be there. But I use ip instead. 'ip addr' may give you 
what you want. It lives (as does ifconfig) in /sbin.

Try

/sbin/ifconfig or /sbin/ip addr

Cheers,

Cliff