Basic Package Commands
Install package
yum install <package name>
Remove package
yum remove <package name>
Install package without GPG Key Verification
yum install <package> --nogpgcheck
Remove all packages a word
yum remove *<package name>*
Download packages only
yum install yum-downloadonly
List installed packages
yum list installed
Show which package referes a specific file
yum provides /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Show package description
yum info <package name>
Clear local package cache
yum clean all
View past transactions
yum history
Update Mangement
Check for updates
yum check-update
Install updates
yum update
Update only one package
yum update <package name>
Download updates only
yum update --downloadonly
Group Package Mangement
Show group list
yum grouplist
Install group package
yum groupinstall 'MySQL Database'
Update group package
yum groupupdate 'DNS Name Server'
Repositorie Mangement
List enabled repositories
yum repolist
List all repositories
yum repolist all
Install package from a specific repository
yum --enablerepo=epel install phpmyadmin
Add NUX-Desktop Repositorie
yum install -y http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-1.el7.nux.noarch.rpm
Add Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) Repositorie
yum install -y http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm
Add Enterprise Linux Repo (ELRepo) Repositorie
yum install -y http://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-7.0-2.el7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
Add LinuxTECH.NET Repositorie
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ get http://pkgrepo.linuxtech.net/el6/release/linuxtech.repo yum install vlc
Add DVD as Repositorie
vim /etc/yum.repos.d/centos-dvd.repo [rhel-cd] name=CentOS $releasever - $basearch - DVD baseurl=file:///media/cd-rom/Client/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
Proxy
Enable Proxy Usage
/etc/yum.conf proxy=http://proxy.domain:3128
Specific Commands
Install kernel 4.x
yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml
Links
- Basic Yum Commands and how to use them
- Configuring Yum and Yum Repositories
- Using RHUI Manager from the Shell Prompt
- How to register with RHN
- Der rhn_register-Client