Linux YUM Command Examples | Mostly usable Yum command in Linux

 

1. To Install a Package usingYUM

# yum install packagename

or 

#yum -y install packagename

2. Removing a Package using YUM

# yum remove packagename 

or 

#yum -y remove packagename 

3. Updating a Package using YUM

# yum update packagename 

or 

# yum -y update packagename

4. To List a Package using YUM

# yum list packagename 

5. To Search for a Package using YUM

#yum search packagename 

#yum search all  "web server"

6. To Get Information of a Package using YUM

# yum info packagename

7. To List all Available Packages using YUM

# yum list 

8. To List all Installed Packages using YUM

#yum list installed 

9. To check package name from any system file

yum provides function is used to find which package name belong to a specific file , if you want to know which package is responsible for  /etc/passwd you can run it.

#yum provides  filename

Example: #yum provides  /etc/passwd

10. To check Available Updates using Yum

By running check-update you can find how many of installed packages on your system have updates available.

#yum check-update 

11. Make Your  System up to date using Yum

This will update your system also update your configured repo data 

# yum update 

# yum update --security 

12. For Checking all available Group Packages list

This command will show you all the group list available available in yum 

#yum grouplist 

13. To Install a Group Packages using yum 

#yum groupinstall  'group package name'

14. To Update a Group Packages using yum

To update any existing installed group packages, just run the following command as shown below.

#yum groupupdate 'group package name'

like 

# yum groupupdate 'MySql Database'

15. To Remove a Group Packages using yum

This command will remove all packages related to given group. 

#you groupremove 'group package name'

16. To Check all Enabled Yum Repositories list

To list all enabled Yum repositories in your system, use following option.

#yum repolist 

16. To Check all the Enabled and Disabled Yum Repositories list

The following command will display all enabled and disabled yum repositories on the system.

# yum repolist all 

17. To Install a Package from Specific Repository

To install a particular package from a specific enabled or disabled repository, you must use –enablerepo option in your yum command. 

# yum --enablerepo=epel install httpd

18. To Check Interactive Yum Shell

Yum utility provides a custom shell where you can execute multiple commands.

# yum shell 

19. To Clean Yum Cache

This command will clean all the repo metadata and the temp downloaded packages.

# yum clean all 

20. To check History of Yum

To view all the past history of yum command like we use history command.

# yum history 

# yum history list all 

21. To undo of Yum 

To undo from history of yum command we can use below command to revert installation.

# yum history undo  "historyID" 

like 

# yum history undo  10 

22. To redo of Yum

To redo a yum install, as before, take note of the transaction ID, and run it. For instance to redo the install with ID 10, run the the following command.

# yum history redo  "historyID" 

# yum history redo  10 

23. To install local RPM  from Yum command 

# yum localinstall package.rpm 

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