Yum: Search and Install

1 · Benjamin Cane · Aug. 3, 2011, 3:44 a.m.
Yum is one of the easiest methods of installing packages on Red Hat and its variants. Here is a quick example of how to search and install a package. We will be installing irssi today. To search a package you simply use the search command. [root@bcane ~]# yum search irssi Matched: irssi irssi-devel.i686 : Development package for irssi irssi-otr.i686 : Off-The-Record messaging plugin for irssi irssi-xmpp.i686 : XMPP plugin into irssi irssi....