YUM and RPM

RPM = Redhat Package Manager

YUM = Yellowdog Updater Modified

Yum is different from APT in that it automagically does an update of the local cache when you’re checking a repository for whatever.

Some YUM commands

yum search
yum info
yum install
yum remove
yum provides # shows what package provided a particular binary, file, etc
yum update

Important paths:

/etc/yum.conf # some configuration for yum, including the directory where repos are stored
/etc/yum.repos.d/* # files in here determine which repos the system uses

• package management
• rpm
• yum