Software Package Manager on CentOS

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∟Software Package Manager on CentOS - DNF and YUM

Provides introductions and tutorial examples about Software Package Manager on CentOS systems. Topics include introductions of DNF (Dandified YUM) and YUM (Yellowdog Update Modified); installing Java.

What Is DNF

Manage DNF Package Repositories

What Is YUM

What Is RPM

What Is pkgs.org

Install and Manage Java Packages on CentOS

Install and Manage Perl Packages on CentOS

Install "git-core" for GitHub Packages on CentOS

Takeaways:

DNF, also called Dandified YUM, is the next generation of YUM (Yellowdog Update Modified) software package manager.
YUM (Yellowdog Update Modified) is a software package manager for RPM (RedHat Package Manager) based Linux distributions.
RPM (RedHat Package Manager) is a free and open packaging system for RedHat and other Linux systems.
https://pkgs.org is largest Website that provides download and installation information Linux software packages.
You can use "dnf search keyword" to search for packages with a given keyword.
You can use "sudo dnf install package_name" to install a software package.