I've seen yum
used as a command for Cento OS Red Hat Linux platform. But, I tried with sudo
too and it works.
So, I want to know what yum
actually does.
I've seen yum
used as a command for Cento OS Red Hat Linux platform. But, I tried with sudo
too and it works.
So, I want to know what yum
actually does.
It allows you to install various packages whilst installing all the dependencies that it requires. It does all the heavy lifting like other package managers such as apt-get.
Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using rpm. Yum has a plugin interface for adding simple features. Yum can also be used from other python programs via its module inteface.