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1.\" yum shell - Yum shell interface
2.TH "yum" "8" "" "Seth Vidal" ""
3.SH "NAME"
4yum \- Yellowdog Updater Modified shell
5.SH "SYNOPSIS"
6\fByum shell\fP [filename]
7.SH "DESCRIPTION"
8.PP
9\fByum\fP includes an interactive shell for conducting multiple commands or
10sets of commands during a single execution of yum. These commands can be
11issued manually or passed to yum from a file. The commands are much the same
12as the normal yum command line options. See here \fIyum(8)\fP for that
13information. There are a few additional commands documented below.
14
15.PP
16.IP "\fBconfig\fP"
17 [argument] [value]
18 args: debuglevel, errorlevel, obsoletes, gpgcheck, assumeyes, exclude
19 If no value is given it prints the current value\&.
20 If value is given it sets that value\&.
21.IP
22.IP "\fBrepo\fP"
23 [argument] [option]
24 list: lists repositories and their status
25 enable: enable repositories. option = repository id
26 disable: disable repositories. option = repository id
27.IP
28.IP "\fBtransaction\fP"
29 [argument]
30 list: lists the contents of the transaction
31 reset: reset (zero-out) the transaction
32 solve: run the dependency solver on the transaction
33 run: run the transaction
34
35.PP
36.SH "Examples"
37The following are examples of using the yum shell\&.
38.IP
39 list available packagename*
40 groupinfo 'Some Group'
41 install foo
42 remove bar
43 update baz
44 run
45
46That will list available packages matching the glob 'packagename*'.
47It will return information on the group 'Some Group'
48It will then queue the following commands into the transaction: install
49foo, remove bar, update baz. Then the 'run' command will resolve dependencies
50for the transaction commands and run the transaction.
51.PP
52.SH "SEE ALSO"
53.nf
54.I yum (8)
55http://yum.baseurl.org/
56.fi
57
58.PP
59.SH "AUTHORS"
60.nf
61See the Authors file included with this program.
62.fi
63
64.PP
65.SH "BUGS"
66There of course aren't any bugs, but if you find any, they should be sent
67to the mailing list: yum@lists.baseurl.org or filed in bugzilla.
68.fi
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