Top "Yum" questions

What is the difference between two "state" option values, "present" and "installed", available in Ansible's yum module?

I have the following task in my ansible playbook: - name: Install EPEL repo. yum: name: "{{ epel_repo_url }}" state: …

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Where can I get the list of Repository for Yum in Ubuntu?

I have a vanilla machine (Ubuntu) and I just did apt-get install yum However, the yum.cof has empty repos …

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Can't use yum inside Docker container running on CentOS

I am unable to run any yum commands inside my Docker container without getting the following error: ovl: Error while …

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Linux - Bash - Get $releasever and $basearch values?

I'm writing a bash script to pull packages from remote repos, using reposync, so I can point my nodes to …

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How to install boost library on CentOS 7.3 64bit?

I need to build a C++ project which uses Boost library on CentOS. I tried this: yum install boost-devel But …

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Can't install PHP Package on CentOS

I am having trouble re-installing PHP via yum on my server hosted by digital ocean. I had PHP 5.4 installed but …

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yum install mongodb 3.2 fails

I am trying to install mongodb 3.2 on a CentOS 7 machine and facing issues in locating the packages. I have updated …

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Install R packages using docker file

I have installed R using below line in my docker file. Please suggest how do I specify now packages to …

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Installing open jdk 11 on centos using yum commands

I want to install open jdk 11 using yum command . however when i check the open jdk manual , it says up …

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What's the difference between rpm and yum?

Is there any difference between rpm and yum? I know the recent system prefer yum, but want to know if …

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