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YUM is the command line software used to install the software within CentOS and Fedora. If you would prefer a more graphic solution choose the YUM Extender instead. YUM is to CentOs and Fedora what apt-get is to Debian and Ubuntu.
Have you ever wondered what YUM stands for? Reading the manual page states that YUM stands for 'Yellowdog Updater Modified'. YUM is the successor to the YUP tool which was the default package manager in Yellowdog Linux.
How to Install RPM Packages Using YUM
To install an RPM package simply enter the following command:
For example:
How to Update Packages Using YUM
If you want to update all the packages on your system simply run the following command:
To update a specific package or packages try the following:
If you want to update a package to a specific version number you need to use the update-to command as follows:
For example:
Now think about this situation. You have version 1.0 of a program and there are a number of bug fixes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc. Also available is version 2 of the software. Now imagine you want to install the bug fixes but not move to the new version because quite frankly it sucks. So how do you update without upgrading?
Simply use the update-minimal command as follows:
How to Check for Updates Using YUM Without Installing Them
Sometimes you want to know what needs updating before actually performing the update.
The following command will return a list of programs that need updating:
How to Remove Programs Using YUM
If you want to remove an application from your Linux system then you can use the following command:
Removing programs from your system might seem straightforward but by removing one application you may prevent another one from working.
For instance, imagine you had a program that monitors a folder and if it finds a file the program sends you an email letting you know there is a new file. Imagine that this program requires an email service to actually send the email. If you delete the email service the program that monitors the folder will be rendered useless.
To remove programs that are dependent upon the program you are removing using the following command:
In the instance of the monitoring program and the email service, both applications would be removed.
The auto remove command can also be used without any parameters, as follows:
This searches your system for files that weren't explicitly installed by you and which have no dependencies. These are known as leaf packages.
List All the RPM Packages Available Using YUM
You can list all of the available packages within YUM simply by using the following command:
There are extra parameters that you can add to list to make it more useful.
For instance to list all the available updates on your system run the following command:
To see all the packages that are installed, on your system run the following command:
You can list all of the files that were installed without the use of repositories by running the following command:
How to Search for RPM Packages Using YUM
To search for a specific package use the following command:
For instance to search for Steam use the following command:
Alternatively, search for a particular type of application as follows:
By default the search facility looks in the package names and summaries and only if it doesn't find results will it search descriptions and URLs.
To get yum to search descriptions and URLs as well use the following command:
How to Get Information About RPM Packages Using YUM
You can retrieve important information about a package by using the following command:
The information returned is as follows:
- Name
- Version
- Release
- Size
- Repository
- Summary
- URL
- License
- Description
How to Install Groups of Applications Using YUM
To return a list of groups using YUM run the following command:
The output returned from this command is similar to the following:
- Minimal Install
- Compute Node
- Infrastructure Server
- File and Print Server
- Basic Web Server
- Server with GUI
- Development and Creative Workstation
You can, therefore, install the KDE Plasma desktop environment using the following command:
Before you do that though you might wish to find out what packages make up the group. To do this run the following command:
You will notice that when you run this command you will see a list of groups within groups. You can, of course, run the group info on these groups as well.
How to Install RPM Files Local to Your System Using YUM
What happens if the RPM file isn't going to be installed from one of the repositories set up on your system. Perhaps you have written your own package and you want to install it.
To install an RPM package local to your system run the following command:
If the file requires dependencies then the repositories will be searched for the dependencies.
How to Reinstall an RPM Package Using YUM
If you have been unlucky and a program that was once working for whatever reason has stopped working you can reinstall it again by using the following command:
This command will reinstall the same program with the same version number as the one already installed.
How to List All the Dependencies for an RPM Package
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To list all of the dependencies for a package use the following command:
For example to find all of the dependencies of Firefox use this:
How to List All the Repositories Used by YUM
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To find out which repositories are available on your system to use the following command:
The returned information will be as follows:
- repository id - I.E. epel/x86_64
- repository name - I.E. extra packages for enterprise Linux 7
- status - a number of packages in the repository
This guide gives a good overall indication as to how YUM works. However, it only scratches the surface of all the possible usages of YUM. For full information including listing all the possible switches run the following command: