![]() repo extension, to be recognized by YUMĪvailable YUM Repository configuration file options are: ![]() It reads each YUM Repository configuration file to get the information required to download and install new software, resolves software dependencies and installs the required RPM package files. Running this command first checks for existing YUM Repository configuration files in /etc// directory. We can install new software on Red Hat/CentOS Linux with "yum install packagename" command from console. Additional repositories sometimes hold newer versions of software packages than Official CentOS Repositories. In situations like this, we can use one of the additional (Non-Official) CentOS YUM Repositories listed above. Sometimes the software we want to install on our CentOS VPS is not available from default Official CentOS Repositories. Official Red Hat/CentOS Package Manager - YUM is official Red Hat/CentOS package manager.Software Dependency Resolution - software dependencies are automatically resolved and installed.Easy Software Management - installing, updating, and deleting packages is simple.Most common and largest CentOS YUM Repositories:Īdvantages of installing software from YUM Repositories are: ![]() YUM Configuration files hold the information required to successfully find and install software (RPM packages files) on our VPS. YUM Repositories can hold RPM package files locally (local disk) or remotely (FTP, HTTP or HTTPS). YUM Repositories hold a number of RPM package files and enable download and installation of new software on our VPS. RPM package file is a Red Hat Package Manager file and enables quick and easy software installation on Red Hat/CentOS Linux. YUM Repositories are warehouses of Linux software (RPM package files). If available, we strongly recommend using a guide written for the version of CentOS you are using. This guide might still be useful as a reference, but may not work on other CentOS releases. For this reason, this guide is no longer maintained. ![]() Reason: CentOS 6 reached end of life (EOL) on November 30th, 2020 and no longer receives security patches or updates. If you are currently operating a server running CentOS 6, we highly recommend upgrading or migrating to a supported version of CentOS. This article covers a version of CentOS that is no longer supported.
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