Tag: yum

September 29, 2009

In Fedora, I always use yum search to determine the exact name of a package I want to install using yum install. However, in Ubuntu I noticed apt-get does not have any search function. Instead, I needed to use apt-cache search to locate the exact name of a package. Also, it is good practice to run apt-get update prior to using apt-cache search to ensure the latest list of packages is cached on your computer.

(Note that apt-get update is not the same as yum update. apt-get update updates the list of packages, while yum update updates the list of packages and installs the newest version of any updated packages. In Ubuntu, apt-get upgrade will install the newest version of any updated packages.)

Categories: Linux

Tags: apt, fedora, ubuntu, yum