Yum provides Command [Basic Guide]

YUM (Yellowdog Updater Modified) is an open source command line as well as a graphic-based package management tool for RPM-based Linux systems (RedHat Package Manager).

It allows users and system administrators to easily install, update, remove, or search software packages on a system. It was developed and released by Seth Vidal under GPL (General Public License) as an open source, meaning that anyone can be allowed to download and access the code to fix bugs and develop custom packages.

Find out which package a file belongs to with yum provides

The yum provides command is used to find which package one specific file belongs to. For example, if you would like to know the name of the package that has /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.

$ yum provides /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror

httpd-2.2.3-63.el5.centos.i386: Apache HTTP Server
Repo: base
Matched from:
Filename: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

httpd-2.2.3-63.el5.centos.1.i386: Apache HTTP Server
Repo: updates
Matched from:
Filename: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

httpd-2.2.3-65.el5.centos.i386: Apache HTTP Server
Repo: updates
Matched from:
Filename: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

httpd-2.2.3-53.el5.centos.1.i386: Apache HTTP Server
Repo: installed
Matched from:
Other: Provides-Match: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

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Uirá Endy Ribeiro

Uirá Endy Ribeiro is a Software Developer and Cloud Computing Architect with a 23-year career. He has master's degrees in computer science and fifteen IT certifications and is the author of 11 books recognized in the IT world market. He is also Director at Universidade Salgado de Oliveira and Director of the Linux Professional Institute - LPI Director's Board.