Yum-utils
Yum-utils
http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/YumUtils
Utilities based around the yum package manager
Yum-utils is a collection of utilities and examples for the yum package manager. It includes utilities by different authors that make yum easier and more powerful to use. The commands provided are:
- repo-graph: output a full package dependency graph in dot
format * repo-rss: generate an RSS feed from one or more yum repositories * repoclosure: display a list of unresolved dependencies for a yum repository * repodiff: list differences between two or more yum repositories * repomanage: list the newest or oldest packages in a yum repository * repoquery: query information from yum repositories * reposync: synchronize yum repositories to a local directory * repotrack: track a package and its dependencies and download them * yum-builddep: install missing dependencies for building an RPM package * yum-complete- transaction: attempt to complete failed or aborted yum transactions * yum-config-manager: manage yum configuration options and yum repositories * yum-groups-manager: create and edit group metadata for a yum repository * yumdb: query and alter the yum database * yumdownloader: download RPM packages from yum repositories
On Debian and derived systems, this package can be useful for installing and managing chroots or lxc containers of yum-based distributions. The utilities for querying and managing yum repositories may also be useful for maintaining repositories of RPM packages on a Debian host.
Licensing
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Debian: Mike Miller <mtmiller@ieee.org>
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4 November 2013
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License: gpl-2+
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Yum Development Team | contact |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Download | http://yum.baseurl.org/ | |
| Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/yum-utils |
Software prerequisites
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