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YUM – Yellowdog Updater Modified<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YUM is an open-source command-line as well as graphical-based package management tool for RPM (RedHat Package Manager) based Linux systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It allows users and system administrators to easily install, update, remove or search software packages on a system<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Install a Package<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    To install a package, just run the below command it will automatically find and install all required dependencies for package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

       # yum install<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you want to install packages automatically without asking for any confirmation, use the option -y as shown below example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    # yum -y install<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    2. Remove a Package<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To remove a package completely with all the dependencies, just run the below command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     # yum remove<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To disable the confirmation prompt just add option -y as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     # yum -y remove<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Updating a Package<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      If you used outdated version of package like mysql, php, etc.. you need to update the package. At that time, use this below command to update the package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      # yum update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      4. List a Package<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Use the list function to search for the specific package with a name like openssh, cron, curl, etc.. To search for a package, use the below command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      # yum list<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Get Information about a Package<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        If would you like to know the information about a package before installing it. To get information on a package just use the below command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        # yum info<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        List all Installed Packages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        If you want to know the installed packages on your system use the below command,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        # yum list installed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        It will display all the installed packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        1. Check for Available Updates<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          To find how many installed packages on your system have updates available, check to use the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          # yum check-update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. Update System<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            To keep your system up-to-date with all security and binary package updates, run the following command. It will install all the latest patches and security updates to your system<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            # yum update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. Clean Yum Cache<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              By default yum keeps all the repository enabled package data in \/var\/cache\/yum\/ with each sub-directory, to clean all cached files from the enabled repository, you need to run the following command regularly to clean up all the cache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              # yum clean all<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              1. View History<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                To view all the past transactions of the yum command, just use the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                 # yum history<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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