How to configure CentOS 5.2 to use RPMForge and YUM

rpm -Uhv

yum update

 

Yum install [package name]

Yup info [package name]

Yum remove [package name]

 

The following thing will list all the packages installed in the system and that can (they must) be updated:

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yum list updates|less

To search in package names only, use yum list. This differs from search in that it’s much faster, as it will search package names only, while yum search will search all the package info, including package description.

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To get the name of the package containing a given file:

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Here’s some new goodies in yum 2.2 (Fedora Core 3 and beyond)

 

To get a list of packages updated/added to any of your repositories recently:

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To enable a repository which is disabled in the configuration:

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To list available software groups, such as GNOME desktop environment or X window system. This is also available in the Core 2 yum, but servers doesn’t use this wonderful feature much.

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To install such a group:

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And to update a group

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And remember folks, you can always use -y to say yes to everything, and -C to use the cache only.

 

One tip, you can use also joker-signs as * or ? e.g.

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