yum – RPM package manager

yum  is a very popular software package manager that is the go-to solution for RPM-based systems. The main reason to consider yum has got to be yum’s ability to resolve dependencies, but next best feature yum has is probably the easy of package repositoris management.

yum package manager features

• Easy to use, practically intuitive command line support
• Automatic dependencies resolution
• Multiple repositories

See also:

• Using yum behind proxy (how-to)
• yum @ Fedora Project