Package / system tool

yum — RHEL family

yum is used for package management or system administration in the RHEL family. Consult the distribution manual for release-specific behaviour.

Availability: RHEL, Fedora, Rocky Linux and related distributions; exact package manager depends on release.中文

Syntax

yum [options] command

Examples

yum is used for package management or system administration in the RHEL family. Consult the distribution manual for release-specific behaviour.

sudo yum info <package>

Show command help and options where supported.

yum --help

Parameters, options and clauses

Option / clause	Description
`install / remove <package>`	Install or remove a package; review the transaction first.
`search <term>`	Search package names and summaries.
`info <package>`	Show package details.
`-y, --assumeyes`	Answer prompts automatically.

Safety note

Review a command and its target before running it. Commands that alter files, services, accounts, disks, permissions or databases may be difficult to reverse. Test in a safe environment and keep backups.

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