[Nut-upsuser] CentOS rpm package installation

[Roger Price]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2017, Ambrogio Coletti wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I am not a linux expert.
> The output of uname -r on my system returns:
> 2.6.32-696.3.1.el6.x86_64

Hi, Linux 2.6.32 was released 3 December, 2009.  That's nearly 8 years 
ago. Linux has now reeched version 4.11.

> hence I am trying to install this rpm:
> sudo yum install nut-2.7.4-9.fc27.x86_64.rpm
> 
> but I got failed dependencies.
> 
> Is there a repository I am supposed to set up to get those dependencies from?

Perhaps the CentOS people could advise you on whether old rpms for CentOS 
still exist, but the general advice would be to install a more recent 
Linux.

Roger