yum

YUM (Yellowdog Updater Modified) is the traditional high-level package manager for RPM-based distributions. It simplifies package management through automatic dependency resolution and repository management.

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Syntax

$yum [OPTIONS] COMMAND [PACKAGES]

Examples

$yum install package-name

Examples

$yum update

Examples

$yum remove package-name

Typical use cases

Standard usage

yum --help

Detailed Help

man yum

Note Standard package manager in CentOS 7 and earlier. Replaced by dnf in newer versions. Use yum list installed for installed packages. See also dnf in Fedora/CentOS 8+, zypper in SUSE.

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