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title: YUM
category: CLI
layout: 2017/sheet
updated: 2024-02-07
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## Queries

### Help and Lists

```bash
yum help # Display yum commands and options
yum list available # List all available packages
yum list installed # List all installed packages
yum list kernel # List installed and available kernel packages
yum info vsftpd # List info about vsftpd package
```

### Searching and Dependencies

```bash
yum deplist nfs-utils # List dependencies for nfs-utils
yum provides "*bin/top" # Show package containing top command
yum search samba # Find packages with samba in name or description
```

### Updating and Security

```bash
yum updateinfo security # Get info on available security updates
yum update --security # Apply security-related package updates
```

## Managing Repositories

```bash
yum repolist # Display enabled software repositories
yum repoinfo rhel-7-server-rpms # See info on specific repo
yum repo-pkgs my-rpms list # List packages from a specific repo
```

## Installation and Upgrades

```bash
yum install vsftpd # Install the vsftpd package
yum update # Update all packages
yum downgrade abc # Downgrade the abc package to an earlier version
yum autoremove httpd # Remove httpd and unneeded packages
```

## Package Groups

```bash
yum groupinstall "Web server" # Install Web Server packages
```

## Troubleshooting

```bash
yum history list # List all yum transactions
yum clean packages # Delete packages saved in cache
```

## Popular Options

```bash
-y # Assume yes if prompted
--disablerepo=epel # Disable a specific repo for a command
--downloadonly # Download package to cache but don't install
```

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