CentOS /RHEL : YUM Installing Packages
How Do I install package using yum tool under CentOS /RHEL /Fedora system ? How To install a sinagle package and all of its non-installed dependencies? How to install multiple package at once on linux operating system?
You can use “yum install” command to install the latest version of a package or group of packages while ensureing that all dependencies are satisfied. if you just install single package, just specifying one package name , or specifing two or more package names as argument to “yum install” command, it will install multiple packages at once .
CentOS Install A Sinagle Package
To Install a sinagle package , Yum tool will also install all dependency package that is not installed in current system, run the following command:
yum install <package name>
For example, install httpd package in your system, type:
#yum install httpd
Outputs:
[root@devops Desktop]# yum install httpd Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00 extras | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 updates | 3.4 kB 00:00:00 (1/2): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db | 39 kB 00:00:02 (2/2): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db | 5.4 MB 00:00:43 Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirrors.nwsuaf.edu.cn * extras: mirrors.nwsuaf.edu.cn * updates: mirrors.nwsuaf.edu.cn Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.6-18.el7.centos will be installed --> Processing Dependency: httpd-tools = 2.4.6-18.el7.centos for package: httpd-2.4.6-18.el7.centos.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: /etc/mime.types for package: httpd-2.4.6-18.el7.centos.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package httpd-tools.x86_64 0:2.4.6-18.el7.centos will be installed ---> Package mailcap.noarch 0:2.1.41-2.el7 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ====================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ====================================================================================================== Installing: httpd x86_64 2.4.6-18.el7.centos updates 2.7 M Installing for dependencies: httpd-tools x86_64 2.4.6-18.el7.centos updates 77 k mailcap noarch 2.1.41-2.el7 base 31 k Transaction Summary ====================================================================================================== Install 1 Package (+2 Dependent packages) Total download size: 2.8 M Installed size: 9.6 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Total 22 kB/s | 2.8 MB 00:02:11 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : httpd-tools-2.4.6-18.el7.centos.x86_64 1/3 Installing : mailcap-2.1.41-2.el7.noarch 2/3 Installing : httpd-2.4.6-18.el7.centos.x86_64 3/3 Verifying : mailcap-2.1.41-2.el7.noarch 1/3 Verifying : httpd-tools-2.4.6-18.el7.centos.x86_64 2/3 Verifying : httpd-2.4.6-18.el7.centos.x86_64 3/3 Installed: httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.6-18.el7.centos Dependency Installed: httpd-tools.x86_64 0:2.4.6-18.el7.centos mailcap.noarch 0:2.1.41-2.el7 Complete!
CentOS Install Multiple packages
To install two or more packages at once by passing multiple package names as arguments, issue the following command:
yum install<package name1> <package name2> ..
To install wget and httpd packages, enter:
yum install wget httpd
You can also use glob expressions to install multiple packages that matching the pattern, type:
yum install <pattern>
To install all packages that matched gcc* by running the following command:
yum install gcc*
Outputs:
[root@devops Desktop]# yum install gcc* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirrors.nwsuaf.edu.cn * extras: mirrors.nwsuaf.edu.cn * updates: mirrors.nwsuaf.edu.cn Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package gcc.x86_64 0:4.8.2-16.el7 will be updated ..
