Fix proftpd-utils on Amazon Linux
Amazon just fix your shit please!!
Anyway if you are trying to install proftpd-utils on Amazon linux probably you’ve ran into this beauty:
Error: Package: perl-Crypt-Cracklib-1.7-1.el6.x86_64 (epel)
Requires: perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.10.1)
How to fix it:
yum group install “development tools”
yum install perl-CPAN cracklib-devel perl-Mail-Sendmail
perl -MCPAN -e shell
enter….enter all the way to the prompt cpan[1]>
install Crypt::Cracklib
At the time of this writing Amazon Linux uses proftpd-1.3.3g-10.el6.x86_64 so you will need to find proftpd-utils-1.3.3g-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
here is a mirror: ftp://mirror.switch.ch/pool/4/mirror/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/p/proftpd-utils-1.3.3g-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ihv –nodeps ftp://mirror.switch.ch/pool/4/mirror/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/p/proftpd-utils-1.3.3g-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
That’s it.