YUM also referred to as Yellowdog Updater, Modified could be a default package management system that is generally utilized in all versions of CentOS to install and update packages and repositories. With the assistance of \u201cyum\u201d a user will maintain their OS and applications updates simply. From this tutorial, we are going to understand how to disable and remove package repositories on CentOS using yum.<\/p>\n
Usually, the package repositories are located in the definition files, which can be found in the directory named \/etc\/yum.repos.d . In order to disable the file, you need to modify the proper file and set the below given parameter.<\/p>\n
enable = 0<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The above parameter will keep the repository, however it will disable it until you decide to use it in future.<\/p>\n
Removing the Repository Completely<\/strong><\/h2>\n
If you wish to remove the repository completely, simply delete the aforesaid file.<\/p>\n
How to Clear the YUM Cache?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Generally, when a package is downloaded, installed and then it is removed there is a possibility that the package may still be memorized in the yum\u2019s cache. In order to clean all the cached packages from the enabled repository cache directory, enter as root:<\/p>\n
yum clean packages<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In addition to that, to purge the old package information completely, simply run the following command.<\/p>\n
yum clean headers<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
To clean any cached xml metadata from any enabled repository, enter:<\/p>\n
yum clean metadata<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If you wish to clean all the cached files from any enabled repository at once, enter:<\/p>\n
yum clean all<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
To make sure that YUM has fresh data and functions perfectly all the time, you should \u201cclean\u201d it on a regular basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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