CentOS

It seems that some of my issues I have been having with yum install stems from my repo set ups which have prevented yum working as it would in a normal situation.

RPMForge

 * https://rpmrepo.org/RPMforge/Using
 * http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge?action=show&redirect=Repositories%2FRPMForge

iptables
flush the iptables for ssh access

useful things to add
-maybe better-

Install RubyGems on CentOS 4

 * Install RubyGems on CentOS 4

CentOS-Testing.repo

 * http://dev.centos.org/centos/4/CentOS-Testing.repo