From cb5c005b09e2df578446dd47e3c24c86dd95237b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DarkSun Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:53:43 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98:=2020200423=20Difference=20B?= =?UTF-8?q?etween=20YUM=20and=20RPM=20Package=20Manager?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit sources/tech/20200423 Difference Between YUM and RPM Package Manager.md --- ...nce Between YUM and RPM Package Manager.md | 110 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 110 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20200423 Difference Between YUM and RPM Package Manager.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20200423 Difference Between YUM and RPM Package Manager.md b/sources/tech/20200423 Difference Between YUM and RPM Package Manager.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8b2a0c3b3b --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20200423 Difference Between YUM and RPM Package Manager.md @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +[#]: collector: (lujun9972) +[#]: translator: ( ) +[#]: reviewer: ( ) +[#]: publisher: ( ) +[#]: url: ( ) +[#]: subject: (Difference Between YUM and RPM Package Manager) +[#]: via: (https://www.2daygeek.com/comparison-difference-between-yum-vs-rpm/) +[#]: author: (Magesh Maruthamuthu https://www.2daygeek.com/author/magesh/) + +Difference Between YUM and RPM Package Manager +====== + +Package managers play a key role in the Linux system. + +It allows you to install, update, view, search and delete software packages to suit your needs. + +Each of the distributions has their own set of package managers and use them based on your Linux distributions. + +RPM is one of the oldest traditional package managers, designed to work on Red Hat-based systems such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Fedora and openSUSE (which is based on suse Enterprise Linux). + +But when it comes to dependency resolution and package update (full system update/upgrade), there is an prominent limitation for RPM package manager. + +If you want to know the **[difference between yum and dnf package manager][1]** go to the following article. + +This means that yum can download and install all required dependencies automatically, but rpm will tell you to install a list of dependencies, and then you have to manually install them. + +This is practically impossible and time consuming when you want to install a group of packages using the **[rpm command][2]**. + +That’s where the **[YUM Package Manager][3]** comes in handy and solve both problems. + +### What’s RPM? + +RPM refers to RPM Package Manager (formerly known as Red Hat Package Manager) is a powerful, command-line package management tool developed for the Red Hat operating system. + +It is now used as a core component in many Linux distributions such as Centos, Fedora, Oracle Linux, openSUSE and Mageia. + +RPM Package Manager allows you to install, upgrade, delete, query and verify packages on RPM-based Linux systems. + +RPM files comes with the `.rpm` extension. The RPM package consists of an archive file, that contains libraries and dependencies for a specific package, that do not conflict with other packages installed on your system. + +There are many front-end tools available on Linux to install the RPM package that make the installation process more efficiently compared to the RPM tool, especially for handling dependencies. + +If you want to know more about the front-end package manager of Linux distributions, go to the link below. + + * **[List of Front-ent Command-line Package Manager for Linux][4]** + + + +If you would like GUI package manager for Linux, go to the link below. + + * **[List of GUI Package Manager for Linux][5]** + + + +### What’s YUM? + +Yum is a free and open-source command-line package-management application for Linux operating systems that uses the RPM Package Manager. + +Yum is a front-end tool for rpm that automatically solves dependencies for packages. + +It installs RPM software packages from distribution official repositories and other third-party repositories. + +Yum allows you to install, update, search and remove packages from your system. + +If you want to keep your system up-to-date, you can enable automatic updates via yum-cron. + +Also, it allows you to exclude a package or packages from the yum update if you need to. + +Yum is installed by default and you do not need to install it. + +S.No | RPM | YUM +---|---|--- +1 | Red Hat introduced RPM in 1997. | Yellowdog UPdater (YUP) was developed in 1999-2001 and YUM replaced the original YUP utility in 2003. +2 | RPM stands for RPM Package manager (formally known as Red Hat package manager) | YUM stands for Yellowdog Updater Modified. +3 | The RPM File Naming Convention is as follows. +httpd-2.4.6-92.el7.x86_64.rpm +httpd - Name of the actual package +2.4.6 - Version of package release +92 - Subversion of package release +el7 - Red Hat Version +x86_64 - Hardware architecture +rpm - File extension | It uses the rpm database in the backend. +4 | It doesn't resolve dependencies, you must install them manually. | It automatically resolves dependencies and install them simultaneously (any package will be installed with its dependencies). +5 | This allows you to install multiple versions of the package at once | This does not allow and shows that the package is already installed. +6 | When installing a package using the RPM command you must provide the exact location of the ".rpm" package. | You can install any package available in the repository, but you only need to know the package name. +7 | RPM is not dependent on YUM | It is a frontend tool that uses the RPM package manager on the backend to manage packages. +8 | It is difficult to manage RPM in terms of package installation | YUM is the easiest way to manage RPM packages. +9 | RPM doesn't allow you to upgrade the entire system to the latest available version | YUM allows you to upgrade your system to the latest available version (minor version upgrade, for example, 7.0 to 7.x) +10 | RPM doesn't allow you to automatically update/upgrade packages installed on your system | YUM allows you to automatically update/upgrade the updates available on your system. +11 | It doesn't use the online repository to perform any actions. | It relies entirely on the online repository to do all the work. +12 | RPM is a package format and it is a low-level package manager that does basic things. | This is a top-level front-end package manager that can do everything you need. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://www.2daygeek.com/comparison-difference-between-yum-vs-rpm/ + +作者：[Magesh Maruthamuthu][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://www.2daygeek.com/author/magesh/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://www.2daygeek.com/comparison-difference-between-dnf-vs-yum/ +[2]: https://www.2daygeek.com/linux-rpm-command-examples-manage-packages-fedora-centos-rhel-systems/ +[3]: https://www.2daygeek.com/linux-yum-command-examples-manage-packages-rhel-centos-systems/ +[4]: https://www.2daygeek.com/list-of-command-line-package-manager-for-linux/ +[5]: https://www.2daygeek.com/list-of-graphical-frontend-tool-for-linux-package-manager/