Package manager of RHEL, centOS

❗ When advised by distribution maintainers, DNF should be preferred - it was created as an upgrade of YUM.

Documentation: RHEL docs on YUM

Description	Command	Notes
Show help	yum
Checking for new updates	yum check-update	This command should be safe - reported failures might be temporary.
Installing ALL updates	yum update
Installing updates to versions containing latest security updates	yum update-minimal --security
Installing updates (security-related packages)	yum update --security
Installing updates (specific package)	yum update package_name
Searching for package (by names and summaries)	yum search KEYWORD
Searching for package (by descriptions and URLs)	yum search all KEYWORD
Displaying information about package	yum info PACKAGE_NAME
Installing new package	yum install PACKAGE_NAME
Removing package	yum remove PACKAGE_NAME	YUM cannot remove packages without removing packages that depend on it - it's possible using RPM but unrecommended (will likely break system or at least some packages)
Listing packages (installed and available, matching expression)	yum list [EXPR]
Listing installed packages	yum list installed [EXPR]
Listing available packages	yum list available [EXPR]
Listing ALL packages (installed and available)	yum list all

Last update: 2024-06-16