Yellowdog Updater, Modified

2010年8月22日 (日) 08:22的版本

Yum(Yellow dog Updater, Modified) is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using rpm.

Features

• Multiple Repositories
• Simple config file
• Correct dependency calculation
• Fast operation
• rpm-consistent behavior
• comps.xml group support, including multiple repository groups
• Simple interface

http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/

yum指令

rpm包的更新

检查可更新的rpm包

#yum check-update

更新所有的rpm包

#yum update 

更新指定的rpm包,如更新kernel和kernel source

#yum update kernel kernel-source 

大规模的版本升级,与yum update不同的是,连旧的淘汰的包也升级

#yum upgrade 

安装和删除

#yum list glibc
#yum install glibc 
#yum remove glibc

Projects

• RepoView