Top "Yum" questions

yum is a software package manager that installs, updates, and removes packages on RPM-based systems.

Update yum package using localinstall

If a package is installed using yum localinstall like this: yum -y localinstall --nogpgcheck some-package-1.0.0.rpm And now, if I …

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What is the equivalent of apt-key in yum?

I am following a tutorial that can be found here to set up a headless selenium scraper on an ec2 …

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How do I find out w/YUM or RPM what files it installed?

I installed Fedora 16 last night and saw it had NoMachine's NX in the repo. I did a yum install nx …

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custom yum repo not showing rpm

I have a yum repository I've set up where I store custom rpms. I have no problem finding information about …

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Importing/adding a yum .repo file using Ansible

I'm trying to install MariaDB (or any software) from a custom repository using Ansible but I am not sure how …

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Equivalent in yum of apt-get update

In Debian derivatives, before installing software from apt using apt-get install xxx, it is necessary to run apt-get update. This …

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Yum not installing certain packages on CentOS 7

I have been trying to solve this problem, but no luck. I am trying to install OpenERP 7.0 on CentOS 7. I …

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I installed MySQL 8.x using yum, but I cannot find or reset the root password

I had to install mysql 8.0 because previous version were crashing. Now I'm struggling with setting root password. The default empty …

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Install single package from Rawhide

How can one install a single Rawhide package, without upgrading the entire operating system? Example package

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Determine if package installed with Yum Python API?

TLDR; I need simple a Python call given a package name (e.g., 'make') to see if it's installed; if …

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