This document is a reference for using yum.
You may wish to read some or all of the sections, depending upon
your needs and level of experience. If you are a new user, read
the Section 2, “Software Management Concepts”
before using yum for the first time.
Experienced Linux users should start with
Section 4, “Managing Software with yum”.
Most of the examples in this document use the package
tsclient, which is included with CentOS. The
tsclient package provides an application
for remote desktop access. If you install it successfully you
may start the application by choosing
->->. To use the examples,
substitute the name of the relevant package for
tsclient. The example commands for CentOS
package groups use the MySQL Database
group.
![[Important]](HEADER.images/important.png) | Avoid Logging in with the Root Account |
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You do not need to log in with the
root account in
order to manage your CentOS system. All of the commands shown
in this tutorial that require
root access will
prompt you for the
root password. The
example terminal commands use su
-c to provide this facility.
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![[Note]](HEADER.images/note.png)
