Chapter 8. Use RPM and YUM Package Management

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

Install, reinstall, upgrade, and remove packages using RPM and YUM

Obtain information on RPM packages such as version, status, dependencies, integrity, and signatures

Determine what files a package provides, as well as find which package a specific file comes from

rpm

rpm2cpio

/etc/yum.conf

/etc/yum.repos.d/

yum

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