Fedora™ Unleashed, 2008 Edition, Eighth Edition

Chapter 34. Advanced Software Management

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• Using RPM for Software Management

• Getting Started with yum

• Running yum Noninteractively

• Using yum to Remove Packages

• Maintaining yum

• Using yum to Manage Package Inventory

• Configuring yum

• Using pirut for Software Management

• Using Yum Extender

• Creating a Local yum Repository

• Reference

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Fedora is provided with a large number of packages already supplied and ready to go. However, Fedora also comes with a great package management tool, called yum, which enables you to quickly and easily download and install more packages. The yum tool (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) has been included with Fedora since version 1 and has become the tool of choice for installing and updating ...