Skip to content

KodeCloud Package Management using yum

Links: - 104 Linux Index
- 111 KodeCloud Index

Package Management

  • We can install packages using rpm

    • But it won't install any dependent libraries.
    • Like rpm -i ansible.rpm won't install python which is a requirement for ansible.

  • yum is a high level package manager that uses rpm underneath

  • It queries the remote repository for the package, installs all the dependencies as well as the package itself.
    • attachments/Pasted image 20220913235843.jpg
  • The information about the remote repositories is present at /etc/yum.repos.d
    • Every OS comes bundled with its own set of repositories from which we can install common software and tools.

  • But at times the default set of repositories may not come with the software we are looking for or may contain an outdated version.

    • In this case we need to configure additional repositories so that yum can find these packages.

  • Get the list of repositories

    • yum repolist
    • attachments/Pasted image 20220914000315.jpg
  • If we visit the above URL we can see the rpm files that yum will eventually download and install.
    • attachments/Pasted image 20220914000412.jpg

  • Generally instructions for configuring a new repo is present with the software you are trying to install.

    • We can configure new repos using the yum install command
    • attachments/Pasted image 20220914000543.jpg

  • See the list of available or installed packages

    • yum list <package-name>
    • attachments/Pasted image 20220914000634.jpg
  • We can list all the available versions of the package using
    • yum --showduplicates list ansible
    • attachments/Pasted image 20220914000714.jpg
  • We can install a specific version using
    • yum install <package-name>-<version>
  • Remove a package from ansible
    • yum remove <package-name>

Last updated: 2022-10-02