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yum

Package management utility for RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS (for older versions). For equivalent commands in other package managers, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta. More information: https://manned.org/yum.

• Install a new package:

yum install {{package}}

• Install a new package and assume yes to all questions (also works with update, great for automated updates):

yum {{[-y|--assumeyes]}} install {{package}}

• Find the package that provides a particular command:

yum provides {{command}}

• Remove a package:

yum remove {{package}}

• Display available updates for installed packages:

yum check-update

• Upgrade installed packages to the newest available versions:

yum upgrade