Yellow dog Updater Modified

Yellow Dog Updater, Modified, yum for short, is a package manager for RPM Package Manager compatible Linux systems.

Its main advantages over the RPM version of the Advanced Packaging Tool apt are

• Smaller codebase
• Better dependency handling

Yum will likely become the standard tool for updating Red Hat Linux / Fedora Linux.

See also:

• Yellow Dog Linux

External Links

• Yellow dog Updater, Modified - homepage
• Yum automated software installation and update for Red Hat Linux
• Fedora Linux