yum-utils

Section: (1)
Updated: 18-Mar-2008
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NAME

yum-utils - tools for manipulating repositories and extended package management  

SYNOPSIS

debuginfo-install - install debuginfo packages and their dependencies
package-cleanup - manage package cleanup, duplicates, orphaned packages and outstanding dependency problems
repo-graph - outputs a full package dependency list in dot format 
repo-rss - generates an RSS feed from one or more repositories
repoclosure - reads metadata of repositories, checks dependencies and displays list of unresolved dependencies
repodiff - takes two or more repositories, returns a list of added, removed or changed packages
repomanage - manages a directory of rpm packages, returns a list of newest or oldest packages in a directory
repoquery - query yum repositories and get additional information on the them
reposync - synchronize a remote yum repository to a local directory using yum to retrieve packages
repotrack - track packages and its dependencies and downloads them
yum-builddep - installs missing dependencies to build a specified package
yum-complete-transaction - finds incomplete or aborted yum transactions and attempts to complete them
yumdownloader - downloads packages from yum repositories including source RPMs
 

DESCRIPTION

yum-utils is a collection of tools and programs for managing yum repositories, installing debug packages, source packages, extended information from repositories and administration.  

NOTES

See respective tools for additional help for commands without a manual page  

SEE ALSO

package-cleanup(1), repo-rss(1), repoquery(1), reposync(1), yum-builddep(1), yum-complete-transaction(8), yumdownloader(1)  

AUTHOR

Shawn Starr <shawn.starr@rogers.com>