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YELLOW DOG UPDATER MODIFIED (YUM)

192.168.1.1

192.168.1.2

 It is an interactive program use to install, remove, upgrade or query the packages.
 Added from RHEL 5 onwards.
 YUM uses a repository that is xml-based rpm metadata for installation
 It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install
packages.
 It can be used to installed from a local media, ftp server or nfs server.

To create a Repository
On the local machine
 Create a directory.
 Copy the packages into this directory.
 Install the package createrepo*.rpm.
 Insert the 1st OS cd
 Create the repository.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is split across two repositories,
1. BaseOS
2. Application Stream (AppStream)
Packages in BaseOS is intended to provide the core set of the underlying OS functionality that provides
the foundation for all type installations.

Packages in Application Stream includes user space applications, runtime languages, and databases in
support of the varied workloads and use cases.

S. Pradhan
(MCA, MBA-IT, BCA, CCNA, MCSA 2012, RHCE, ETHICAL HACKING)
Email Id:-spradhan.iiht@gmail.com
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