Yum

Links

• How to use yum command on CentOS/RHEL
• Fix yum errors
• Recover an interrupted yum package installation

FAQ

Show installed packages

yum list installed

What provides a certain file

yum whatprovides

Which package does a file belong to?

yum -qf /bin/bash

Which packages depend on a package

yum deplist <packagename>

Check updates

yum check-update -q

Check security updates

HAHA GOTCHA! no security metadata on CentOS! There is for EPEL though. see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/10021 On CentOS 6 first install

yum install yum-plugin-security

yum list-security -q --errorlevel=0

Which repository is a package from?

repoquery <packagename>

Clear cache

yum clean all

or

yum clean all --enablerepo='*'

List files from package

repoquery -l somepackage

Updateinfo file is not valid XML

remove yum-cron

Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.

Happens when you install something using rpm, what usually works is:

yum history sync