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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.

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    You need to ask this on a redhat forum ;) Yum is not part of debian or ubuntu.
    – Rinzwind
    Jul 23, 2013 at 19:23
  • I didn't know it. That's why I asked it here, isn't it? In next time I will ask it on Red Hat forum. But, I am running Ubuntu only. Not Red Hat. Just wanted to know for curiosity
    – Sumon Khan
    Jul 23, 2013 at 20:38
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    The question is about Red Hat Linux (and family), thus not about Ubuntu. You might want to ask it on Unix & Linux or Super User.
    – edwin
    Jul 24, 2013 at 1:11
  • Actually I didn't knew that this topic is about Red Hat Linux. But, I thought I can ask here about anything Linux. That's the reason!
    – Sumon Khan
    Jul 25, 2013 at 0:58

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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.

http://yum.baseurl.org/

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.

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  • Thank you for your details explaination to me. Would it work on Ubuntu too then?
    – Sumon Khan
    Jul 23, 2013 at 20:39
  • I have never tried it but you could give it a shot with a couple of non-important packages, follow the provided URL and it should lead to some more information on the matter. If this proved helpful please accept the answer.
    – SamV
    Jul 24, 2013 at 23:10

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