Fedora8 start to add yum source for fast upgrade and update

1. Fedora8 comes with a slow yum source network speed, so two yum sources are manually added. 1) livna yum Source: rpm-ivhhttp: // rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm2) freshrpms yum Source: rpm-ivhhttp: // ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/8/freshrpms-re

1. The net speed of the yum source provided by Fedora 8 is slow. Therefore, two yum sources are manually added.

1) livna yum Source:

Rpm-ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm

2) freshrpms yum Source:

Rpm-ivh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/fedora/linux/8/freshrpms-release/freshrpms-release-1.1-1.fc.noarch.rpm

3) install yum-plugin-fastestmirror (automatically select a fast image site)

Yum install yum-fastestmirror yum-presto

Determine plugins = 1 in/etc/yum. conf.

4) install yumex (yum graphics front-end ):

Yum install yumex

Ii. Some common yum commands:

1 // check the updatable rpm package
# Yum check-update

2 // update all rpm packages
# Yum update

3 // update all RPM packages. Unlike yum UPDATE, yum upgrade will UPGRADE all packages and delete outdated packages. YUM update will not delete outdated packages.
# Yum upgrade

4. list all available packages in the repository

# Yum list

5. list all ampersand packages on the computer

# Yum list installed

6. list all the packages that can be upgraded on the computer

# Yum list updates

7. Install the package with the specified package name

# Yum install pack_name

8. Delete packages and dependencies

# Yum remove pack_name

Parameters related to yum temporary storage (/var/cache/yum /)

1 // clear the temporary rpm package file
# Yum clean packages
2 // clear the temporary rpm header file
# Yum clearn headers
3 // clear the stored old rpm header file
# Yum clean oldheaders
4 // clear the stored old rpm header files and package files
# Yum clearn or # yum clearn all

Note: equivalent to yum clean packages + yum clean oldheaders