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Old 02-23-2012, 05:03 AM   #1
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Fedora "yum update" command?


I've Googled around but I can't seem to get much info on what the command really does. It's used to update packages, that's how much I know, but all I came up with when searching was that you need to be more specific when updating, like "yum update package-name" but does it search for updates for all packages when just typing "yum update?"

Or what? I typed only yum update and it found 3 packages to install and 16 to upgrade. Am I updating fedora or just my installed packages and some dependencies they require?
 
Old 02-23-2012, 06:07 AM   #2
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it updates everything that matches the specified criteria that has newer versions available in the repositories, and any new dependencies required to achieve it. If no criteria is specified, everything is eligible.
 
Old 02-23-2012, 07:20 AM   #3
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"yum update" is equal to system or software update.
 
  


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