yum repository - How it works
Its for new comers .. Needs and use cases 1. You wish to install some tools or packages 2. you wish to install all the dependent packages automatically Options: 1. either you download all the software manually using rpm 2. run "make/configure" commands to install the software/tools/packages 3. yum install <package_name> Option-3 : yum install <package_name> How it works, simple 1. /usr/bin/yum will look at yum repositories, 2. search for that package name 3. if found, downloads and installs it, in to the local machine What is yum repository and how to configure it yum repository are place where Linux distribution packages/tools installation are stored, in forms like rpm etc, These repositories are access via htp/https protocol, which are configured in each yum repository configuration at : /etc/yum.repos.d/ Note : repo name ends with ".repo" in order to yum tool to search for it Example : cat rdo-release...