Commands
Help and lists
yum help # Display yum commands and options
yum list available # List all available packages
yum list installed # List all installed packages
yum list kernel # List installed and available kernel packages
yum info vsftpd # List info about vsftpd package
Searching and dependencies
yum deplist nfs-utils # List dependencies for nfs-utils
yum provides "*bin/top" # Show package containing top command
yum search samba # Find packages with samba in name or description
Updating and security
yum updateinfo security # Get info on available security updates
yum update --security # Apply security-related package updates
Managing repositories
yum repolist # Display enabled software repositories
yum repoinfo rhel-7-server-rpms # See info on specific repo
yum repo-pkgs my-rpms list # List packages from a specific repo
Installation and upgrades
yum install vsftpd # Install the vsftpd package
yum update # Update all packages
yum downgrade abc # Downgrade the abc package to an earlier version
yum autoremove httpd # Remove httpd and unneeded packages
Package groups
yum groupinstall "Web server" # Install Web Server packages
Troubleshooting
yum history list # List all yum transactions
yum clean packages # Delete packages saved in cache
Popular options
-y # Assume yes if prompted
--disablerepo=epel # Disable a specific repo for a command
--downloadonly # Download package to cache but don't install
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