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-Yellowdog Updater
, Modified
+An [Acronym] for __Y__ellowDog __U__pdater
, __M__odified.
-Yum is a tool
for keeping your FedoraCore or RedHat installation up
to date
. It comes installed with Fedora Core
.
+[
Yum | http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/]
is an "automatic updater and package installer/remover
for [RPM] systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur
to install packages
. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using rpm
."
-It is written in python and acts much the same was as
[apt
|AptForRpm
] does.
+Pros::
+ Small updates (single file headers, only updated when changed), designed especially for
[RPM] systems
+Cons::
+ Slow updates caused by of lots of small files, useless on [other distributions
| Debian
]
-All
the main FedoraCore repositories support
[Yum
]:
-* FedoraExtras
(And associated sites
)
-* The BigFive
+It was written for YellowDog Linux for
the [PowerPC
], but it has taken on a following since being adapted for RedHat and adopted as the official package distribution system for FedoraCore
(replacing the RedHat Network.
)
-http://linux
.duke
.edu
/projects
/yum/
+Compare with AptForRpm.
+
+All the main FedoraRepositories support Yum; RedHat staff and other distributors who want to easily make packages available tend to use it instead of apt.
+
+!! Overview of [Yum] commands
+
+''Taken from the [Fedora Wiki|
http://www
.fedora
.us
/wiki
/FedoraHOWTO].''
+
+__List all available packages__::
+ <pre>
+
yum list
+ <
/pre>
+__See if there are updated packages available__::
+ <pre>
+ yum check-update
+ # or
+ yum list updates
+ </pre>
+__Update all installed packages that have a newer version available__::
+ <pre>
+ yum update
+ </pre>
+__Install specific packages and their dependencies__::
+ <pre>
+ yum install ''package(s)''
+ </pre>
+__Search all known packages entries (descriptions etc) for ''word''__::
+ <pre>
+ yum search ''word''
+ </pre>
+__Show basic information about a package__::
+ <pre>
+ yum info ''package''
+ </pre>
+
+All of the above commands can take shell-style wildcards (*,?) instead of a package name. Check the yum man page for more details.
+
+----
+CategoryFedora
