Yellowdog Updater
Encyclopedia
The Yellowdog Updater is a utility that is similar to Debian
's APT
program, but for the RPM package management system
. It can be used to automatically download and install updated RPM packages on any RPM-based distribution. Also known as YUP, it has largely been superseded by the Yellow dog Updater, Modified
, aka YUM.
It is part of Yellow Dog Linux
.
Debian
Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...
's APT
Advanced Packaging Tool
The Advanced Packaging Tool, or APT, is a free user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and its variants...
program, but for the RPM package management system
RPM Package Manager
RPM Package Manager is a package management system. The name RPM variously refers to the .rpm file format, files in this format, software packaged in such files, and the package manager itself...
. It can be used to automatically download and install updated RPM packages on any RPM-based distribution. Also known as YUP, it has largely been superseded by the Yellow dog Updater, Modified
Yellow dog Updater, Modified
The Yellowdog Updater, Modified is an open-source command-line package-management utility for RPM-compatible Linux operating systems and has been released under the GNU General Public License. It was developed by Seth Vidal and a group of volunteer programmers...
, aka YUM.
It is part of Yellow Dog Linux
Yellow Dog Linux
Yellow Dog Linux, also known as YDL, is a free and open source operating system for high performance computing on multicore architectures. It focuses on GPU systems and computers using the Power Architecture . YDL is currently developed by Fixstars...
.