YUM – What is yum
YUM (Yellowdog Updater Modified) is an open source command-line as well as graphical based package management tool for RPM (RedHat Package Manager) based Linux systems. It allows users and system administrator to easily install, update, remove or search software packages on a systems.
yum can perform operations such as:
- installing packages
- deleting packages
- updating existing installed packages
- listing available packages
- listing installed packages
Few Example:
yum -y install firefox
yum -y remove firefox
yum list openssh
yum info firefox
yum check-update
yum update
yum clean all
yum history
