• Debian project developed apt-get: automatically installs software and dependencies
• Redhat adopted us yum: Yellowdog Updater, Modified
• Can automatically install updated software (ala Windows Update)
• Cryptographically-signed packages
• automatically configured to use online mirrors
• install: yum install SOFTWARENAME
• update: yum update SOFTWARENAME
• remove software: yum remove SOFTWARENAME
• see what's available: yum list available
• yum automatically checks repositories for new software lists, apt-get does not
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