Use Yum command Linux to install, update and remove RPM's. Yum uses repositories, resolves dependencies and installs packages. Yum groups all application in order of their application. Yum can also be used to manage these groups.
The configuration file of Yum resides in etc folder – /etc/yum.conf.
The sequence for this command is also similar to install command. In this command also you will be prompted for confirmation by pressing y. Again you can add –y to proceed with confirmation.
This command will remove package along with its dependencies. This command also asks for confirmation. Here also we can use –y to skip confirming.
Yum list command will list Packages installed along with their versions and details of available packages.
This command work similar to yum install only difference it wortks for group all together and not for a single application.
This command will update all Packages installed for the group.
This will list all groups available to you.