yum-utils
yum-utils is a collection of utilities and plugin extending and supplementing yum i differnt ways.
Utilities
All the utilities is contained in the mail yum-utils package.
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install debuginfo packages and their dependencies |
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manage package cleanup, duplicates, orphaned packages and outstanding dependency problems |
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outputs a full package dependency list in dot format |
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generates an RSS feed from one or more repositories |
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reads metadata of repositories, checks dependencies and displays list of unresolved dependencies |
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takes two or more repositories, returns a list of added, removed or changed packages |
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manages a directory of rpm packages, returns a list of newest or oldest packages in a directory |
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query yum repositories and get additional information on the them |
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synchronize a remote yum repository to a local directory using yum to retrieve packages |
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track packages and its dependencies and downloads them |
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installs missing dependencies to build a specified package |
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finds incomplete or aborted yum transactions and attempts to complete them |
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downloads packages from yum repositories including source RPMs |
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Dump infomation about the systems yum configuration into at tarball |
Plugins
The plugins is contained in a package for each plugin, so they can be installed at choice. The package is named yum-<pluginname>.
See the this guide for more information about writing your own plugins
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Yum plugin to enable aliases filters |
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Yum plugin to enable manual downgrading of packages |
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Yum plugin to let Yum install only basearch packages. |
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Yum plugin for viewing package changelogs before/after updating |
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Yum plugin to add downloadonly command option |
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Yum plugin which chooses fastest repository from a mirrorlist |
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Yum plugin to handle fedora kernel modules. |
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Yum plugin to list filter based on package data |
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Yum plugin to handle kernel-module-foo type of kernel module |
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Yum plugin to deal with signing keys |
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Yum plugin to list aggregate package data |
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Yum plugin to merge configuration changes when installing packages |
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plugin to give priorities to packages from different repos |
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Yum plugin to prevents Yum from removing itself and other protected packages |
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Yum plugin to protect packages from certain repositories. |
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Tell yum-updatesd to check for updates when yum exits |
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Yum plugin to enable security filters |
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Yum plugin to handle skiping packages with dependency problems |
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Yum plugin to add temporary repositories |
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Yum plugin to add tsflags by a commandline option |
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Yum plugin to help upgrades to the next distribution version |
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Yum plugin to add verify command, and options |
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Yum plugin to lock specified packages from being updated |