Using Yum

yum repolist

Lists all enabled repositories.

yum list

Lists all packages that are available in all enabled repositories and all packages that are installed on your system.

yum list installed

Lists all packages that are installed on your system.

yum list available

Lists all packages that are available to be installed in all enabled repositories.

yum search string

Searches the package descriptions for the specified string.

yum provides feature

Finds the name of the package to which the specified file or feature belongs. For example:

yum provides /etc/sysconfig/atd

yum info package

Displays detailed information about a package. For example:

yum info bind

yum install package

Installs the specified package, including packages on which it depends. For example:

yum install ocfs2-tools

yum check-update

Checks whether updates exist for packages that are already installed on your system.

yum update package

Updates the specified package, including packages on which it depends. For example:

yum upgrade nfs-utils

yum update

Updates all packages, including packages on which they depend.

yum remove package

Removes the specified package. For example:

yum erase nfs-utils

yum erase package

Removes the specified package. This command has the same effect as the yum remove command.

yum update

Updates all packages, including packages on which they depend.

yum clean all

Removes all cached package downloads and cached headers that contain information about remote packages. Running this command can help to clear problems that can result from unfinished transactions or out-of-date headers.

yum help

Displays help about yum usage.

yum help command

Displays help about the specified yum command. For example:

yum help upgrade

yum shell

Runs the yum interactive shell.