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CentOS 7 Linux Server Cookbook - Second Edition
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CentOS 7 Linux Server Cookbook - Second Edition

by Jonathan Hobson
January 2016
Beginner
326 pages
9h 5m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using YUM to search for packages

In this recipe, we will investigate the role of using YUM to find a package. YUM was developed to improve the installation of RPM software packages, and it is used to access a growing list of packages that provide a full range of services offered by your server. YUM is simple to use, but if you are not sure what a package is called, then your duties as the server administrator can become that much harder. To overcome this, YUM maintains an extensive range of discovery tools and it is the purpose of this recipe to show you how to use this functionality in order to search through the various repositories and find the package you need.

Getting ready

To complete this recipe, you will require a working installation of ...

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ISBN: 9781785887284