Linux YUM and DNF

What does DNF use as its configuration file.

/etc/dnf/dnf.conf

What is the complete path to the Yellowdog Updater Modified (YUM) Uses as its configuration file?

/etc/yum.conf

What is the location containing .repo file for Yellowdog Updater Modified (YUM)?

/etc/yum.repos.d/

Where do you add .repo files to modify where DNF looks for new or updated packages?

/etc/yum.repos.d/

Where do you add .repo files to modify where YUM looks for new or updated packages?

/etc/yum.repos.d/

Where is the location of the DNF log file to track when packages are installed, removed, or downloaded.

/var/log/dnf.log

Where is the location of the YUM log file to track when packages are installed, removed, or downloaded?

/var/usr/yum.log

What action does the following command generate? *createrepo*

Create a repository list of RPM packages stored locally or on a network.

What is the utility-based YUM that performs the same task of solving dependencies when installing RPM packages.

Dandified YUM (DNF)

What does Yellowdog Updater Modified (YUM) check of an RPM package being installed?

Dependencies then automatically installs or updates any dependencies as needed.

What action does the following command generate? *yumdownloader*

Download a package without installing it.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum*

Install RPM packages, including their dependencies.

What distribution does the Yellowdog Updater Modified (YUM) manage?

Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages

What distributions is Yellowdog Updater Modified (YUM) Is used on?

Red Hat, Fedora, and other compatible distributions.

Where is the location of the repository file for DNF?

Same location as YUM, /etc/yum.repos.d/

T/F Yellowdog Updater Modified (YUM) keeps and updates a file that lists all packages available in the Internet repositories that it has been configured to use.

True

What does the /etc/yum.conf contain?

URLs of RPM repositories, Directories where it saves downloaded packages, Locations of logs.

What does DNF configuration file contains?

URLs of RPM repositories, directories where it saves downloaded packages, locations of logs.

What does DNF use for solving dependencies while utilizing the same YUM command options.

an updated algorithm

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *-y*

bypasses confirmation prompts.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *info*

displays detailed package information.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *list*

displays lists of packages.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *provides, whatprovides*

displays what packages are associated with a specific file.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *list updates*

displays whether updates are available for packages.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yumdownloader zuff*

downloads the zuff package, but does not install it.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *remove*

erase uninstalls a package.

What action does the following command generate? *createrepo -x*

excludes specific file globs.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum list installed mtools *

hows whether the mtools package is installed on the computer.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *install*

installs a package. Use the entire package file name when installing.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum install BackupPC-3.1.0-3.fc9.rpm*

installs the BackupPC package and any package dependencies.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum install http://rpm.sh-linux.org/rpm-fc9/target/BackupPC-3.1.0-3.fc9.rpm*

installs the specified package directly from the Internet.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum list *help*

lists all packages in the repository that have the string help somewhere in the name.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *list available*

lists packages that are available to install.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum list update mtools*

looks for an update for the mtools package and updates it if one is available.

What action does the following command generate? *createrepo -g*

packagefile.xml creates a list of packages using the .xml file.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum search Java*

searches all package information and descriptions for the term Java.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *search*

searches all packages for a specified term.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum list javahelp2*

searches for the javahelp2 package in the repository.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum list all*

shows all packages in the repository and installed on the computer.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum info zuff*

shows information about the zuff package.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum list available*

shows the available packages.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum whatprovides etc/updatedb.conf*

shows what packages are associated with the updatedb.conf file.

What action does the following command generate? *createrepo -g*

specifies an xml file for the repository.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum remove kdegames*

uninstalls the kdegames package from your computer.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *update*

updates RPM packages.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum update*

updates all installed packages.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum -y update*

updates all packages without requesting confirmation prompts.

What action happens when the following YUM command is used? *yum update sssd*

updates the sssd package.