NET 4000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.2.4: Rpm (Software)
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The yellowdog updater modified (yum) is a robust utility that manages red hat package manager (rpm) packages. Is used on red hat, fedora, and other compatible distributions. Checks the dependencies of an rpm package being installed, and then automatically installs or updates any dependencies as needed. Keeps and updates a file that lists all packages available in the internet repositories that it has been configured to use. Uses a . repo file in /etc/yum. repos. d/ to identify each internet repository that will be used to install packages. To change where yum looks for new or updated packages, add . repo files to this directory. Uses /var/usr/yum. log as a log file to track when packages are installed, removed, or downloaded. The dandified yum (dnf) is a utility-based yum that performs the same task of solving dependencies when installing rpm packages. Dnf uses an updated algorithm for solving dependencies while utilizing the same yum command options.
