YUM Commands
Package manager used by RPM based systems, you can pull some usefull information about installed packages and or install additional tools.
COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
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yum update | Update all RPM packages with YUM, also shows whats out of date. |
yum update httpd | Update individual packages, in this example HTTPD (Apache). |
yum install package | Install a package using YUM. |
yum --exclude=package kernel* update | Exclude a package from being updates with YUM. |
yum remove package | Remove package with YUM. |
yum erase package | Remove package with YUM. |
yum list package | Lists info about yum package. |
yum provides httpd | What a packages does, e.g Apache HTTPD Server. |
yum info httpd | Shows package info, architecture, version etc. |
yum localinstall blah.rpm | Use YUM to install local RPM, settles deps from repo. |
yum deplist package | Shows deps for a package. |
yum list installed | more | List all installed packages. |
yum grouplist | more | Show all YUM groups. |
yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' | Install YUM group. |