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yum shell [filename]

yum includes an interactive shell for conducting multiple commands or sets of commands during a single execution of yum. These commands can be issued manually or passed to yum from a file. The commands are much the same as the normal yum command line options. See here yum(8) for that information. There are a few additional commands documented below.

config

  [argument] [value]
  args: debuglevel, errorlevel, obsoletes, gpgcheck, assumeyes, exclude
    If no value is given it prints the current value.
    If value is given it sets that value.

repo

  [argument] [option]
    list: lists repositories and their status
    enable: enable repositories. option = repository id
    disable: disable repositories. option = repository id

transaction

  [argument]
    list: lists the contents of the transaction
    reset: reset (zero-out) the transaction
    solve: run the dependency solver on the transaction
    run: run the transaction

exit

    Causes the shell to exit, setting the exit status as specified by the
    shell_exit_status option in yum.conf(5).
    This command is also triggered when EOF is read (usually the C-d keystroke
    or end of script).

The following are examples of using the yum shell.

list available packagename*
groupinfo 'Some Group'
install foo
remove bar
update baz
run

That will list available packages matching the glob 'packagename*'. It will return information on the group 'Some Group' It will then queue the following commands into  the transaction: install foo, remove bar, update baz. Then the 'run' command will resolve dependencies for the transaction commands and run the transaction.

yum (8)
http://yum.baseurl.org/

See the Authors file included with this program.

There of course aren't any bugs, but if you find any, they should be sent to the mailing list: yum@lists.baseurl.org or filed in bugzilla.

yum(8).