Chapter 12. YUM commands list In the following sections, examine YUM commands for listing, installing, and removing content in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 12.1. Commands for listing content in RHEL 8 The following are the commonly used YUM commands for finding content and its details in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Command Description yum search term Search for a package by using term related to the package. yum repoquery package Search for enabled YUM repositories for a selected package and its version. yum list List information about all installed and available packages. yum list --installed yum repoquery --installed List all packages installed on your system. yum list --available yum repoquery List all packages in all enabled repositories that are available to install. yum repolist List all enabled repositories on your system. yum repolist --disabled List all disabled repositories on your system. yum repolist --all List both enabled and disabled repositories. yum repoinfo List additional information about the repositories. yum info package_name yum repoquery --info package_name Display details of an available package. yum repoquery --info --installed package_name Display details of a package installed on your system. yum module list List modules and their current status. yum module info module_name Display details of a module. yum module list module_name Display the current status of a module. yum module info --profile module_name Display packages associated with available profiles of a selected module. yum module info --profile module_name:stream Display packages associated with available profiles of a module by using a specified stream. yum module provides package Determine which modules, streams, and profiles provide a package. Note that if the package is available outside any modules, the output of this command is empty. yum group summary View the number of installed and available groups. yum group list List all installed and available groups. yum group info group_name List mandatory and optional packages included in a particular group. 12.2. Commands for installing content in RHEL 8 The following are the commonly used YUM commands for installing content in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Command Description yum install package_name Install a package. If the package is provided by a module stream, yum resolves the required module stream and enables it automatically while installing this package. This also happens recursively for all package dependencies. If more module streams satisfy the requirement, the default ones are used. yum install package_name_1 package_name_2 Install multiple packages and their dependencies simultaneously. yum install package_name.arch Specify the architecture of the package by appending it to the package name when installing packages on a multilib system (AMD64, Intel 64 machine). yum install /usr/sbin/binary_file Install a binary by using the path to the binary as an argument. yum install /path/ Install a previously downloaded package from a local directory. yum install package_url Install a remote package by using a package URL. yum module enable module_name:stream Enable a module by using a specific stream. Note that running this command does not install any RPM packages. yum module install module_name:stream yum install @ module_name:stream Install a default profile from a specific module stream. Note that running this command also enables the specified stream. yum module install module_name:stream/profile yum install @ module_name:stream/profile Install a selected profile by using a specific stream. yum group install group_name Install a package group by a group name. yum group install group_ID Install a package group by the groupID. yum install-n <package_name> Install a package by using its exact name. yum install-na <package_name>.<architecture> Install a package by using its exact name and architecture. yum install-nevra <package_name>-<epoch>:<version>-<release>.<architecture> Install a package by using its exact name, epoch, version, release, and architecture. 12.3. Commands for removing content in RHEL 8 The following are the commonly used YUM commands for removing content in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Command Description yum remove package_name Remove a particular package and all dependent packages. yum remove package_name_1 package_name_2 Remove multiple packages and their unused dependencies simultaneously. yum group remove group_name Remove a package group by the group name. yum group remove group_ID Remove a package group by the groupID. yum module remove --all module_name:stream Remove all packages from the specified stream. Note that running this command can remove critical packages from your system. yum module remove module_name:stream/profile Remove packages from an installed profile. yum module remove module_name:stream Remove packages from all installed profiles within the specified stream. yum module reset module_name Reset a module to the initial state. Note that running this command does not remove packages from the specified module. yum module disable module_name Disable a module and all its streams. Note that running this command does not remove packages from the specified module. yum remove-n <package_name> Remove a package by using its exact name. yum remove-na <package_name>.<architecture> Remove a package by using its exact name and architecture. yum remove-nevra <package_name>-<epoch>:<version>-<release>.<architecture> Remove a package by using its exact name, epoch, version, release, and architecture.

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