Displaying packages and their information with YUM

The following are examples of displaying detailed information of a package using the yum command:

  • The usage of the yum info command is shown here:

  • The usage of the yum list command to display the installed packages list is shown in the command line here:
$ yum list installed
  • The usage of the yum list command to display the installed and available package information using its name is shown in the following screenshot:

  • The yum list command can also be used to display all available packages ...

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