导读 yum( Yellow dog Updater, Modified)是一个在Fedora和RedHat以及SUSE中的前端软件包管理器。
基於RPM包管理,能够从指定的服务器自动下载RPM包并且安装,可以自动处理依赖性关系,并且一次安装所有依赖的软体包,无须繁琐地一次次下载、安装。
yum提供了查找、安装、删除某一个、一组甚至全部软件包的,而且简洁而又好记。

yum 语法
yum [options] [command] [package ...]

options:可选,选项包括-h(帮助),-y(当安装过程提示选择全部为"yes"),-q(不显示安装的过程)等等。
command:要进行的操作。
package:操作的对象。

yum常用命令

1.列出所有可更新的软件清单命令:yum check-update
2.更新所有软件命令:yum update
3.仅安装指定的软件命令:yum install 4.仅更新指定的软件命令:yum update 5.列出所有可安裝的软件清单命令:yum list
6.删除软件包命令:yum remove
7.查找软件包 命令:yum search
8.清除缓存命令:

  • yum clean packages: 清除缓存目录下的软件包
  • yum clean headers: 清除缓存目录下的 headers
  • yum clean oldheaders: 清除缓存目录下旧的 headers
  • yum clean, yum clean all (= yum clean packages; yum clean oldheaders) :清除缓存目录下的软件包及旧的headers
实例 1

安装 pam-devel

[root@www ~]# yum install pam-devel
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies  < ==先检查软件的属性相依问题
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pam-devel.i386 0:0.99.6.2-4.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: pam = 0.99.6.2-4.el5 for package: pam-devel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pam.i386 0:0.99.6.2-4.el5 set to be updated
filelists.xml.gz          100% |=========================| 1.6 MB    00:05
filelists.xml.gz          100% |=========================| 138 kB    00:00
-> Finished Dependency Resolution
……(省略)
实例 2

移除 pam-devel

[root@www ~]# yum remove pam-devel
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies  < ==同样的,先解决属性相依的问题
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pam-devel.i386 0:0.99.6.2-4.el5 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Removing:
 pam-devel               i386       0.99.6.2-4.el5   installed         495 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       1 Package(s)  < ==还好,并没有属性相依的问题,单纯移除一个软件

Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Erasing   : pam-devel                    ######################### [1/1]

Removed: pam-devel.i386 0:0.99.6.2-4.el5
Complete!
实例 3

利用 yum 的功能,找出以 pam 为开头的软件名称有哪些?

[root@www ~]# yum list pam*
Installed Packages
pam.i386                  0.99.6.2-3.27.el5      installed
pam_ccreds.i386           3-5                    installed
pam_krb5.i386             2.2.14-1               installed
pam_passwdqc.i386         1.0.2-1.2.2            installed
pam_pkcs11.i386           0.5.3-23               installed
pam_smb.i386              1.1.7-7.2.1            installed
Available Packages < ==底下则是『可升级』的或『未安装』的
pam.i386                  0.99.6.2-4.el5         base
pam-devel.i386            0.99.6.2-4.el5         base
pam_krb5.i386             2.2.14-10              base

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