yum

Question 1

How do you check for updates?

Answer 1

yum check-update

Question 2

How do you update all packages without prompt?

Answer 2

yum update -y

Question 3

How do you search for packages using name and description?

Answer 3

yum search

*searches all if none found

Question 4

How do you search for packages using description, name, summary, details and urls?

Answer 4

yum search all

Question 5

How do you get information about a specific package

Answer 5

yum info

Question 6

How do you install a package?

Answer 6

yum install

Question 7

How do you get a list of installed packages?

Answer 7

yum list installed

yum list installed {package}

Question 8

How do you get the package responsible for creating a specific directory?

Answer 8

yum provides {direcotry}
yum whatprovides {directory}
i.e yum provides /var/www/

Question 9

How do you remove a package?

Answer 9

yum remove {package}

Question 10

How do you clean cache for packages?

Answer 10

yum clean all

Question 11

How do you remove a package including configuration files?

Answer 11

yum autoremove

Question 12

How would you download a yum package?

Answer 12

yumdownloader {package}

Question 13

How would you install an rpm package using yum?

Answer 13

yum localinstall

*automatically looks for dependencies

Question 14

How would you update the kernel version using yum?

Answer 14

yum upgrade

Question 15

How do you search for all yum groups?

Answer 15

yum grouplist