![]() ![]() Yum handles dependencies gracefully and supports multiple repositories, as does APT-RPM. Yum (Yellow Dog Updater, Modified) was created to address both the perceived deficiences in APT-RPM at the time, and restrictions of the Red Hat up2date package management tool. Connectiva Linux created APT-RPM, which brings most of the benefits of APT to RPM-based distros, but early versions bent some rules to get results. Debian made things easier with its Advanced Packaging Tool (APT), but that’s no comfort to Red Hat and Fedora users. ![]() “Dependency hell” is the term commonly used for the pain involved in installing a piece of software with a package management utility. Package management has always been a sore point for Linux, and particularly for RPM-based distros. This tutorial explains how to create a local yum repository, configure your machine to use this repository, and customise a yum RPM to automatically use this repository. Yum is a powerful tool that greatly improves package handling on RPM-based Linux distributions.
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