The only time it is relevant is when those versions of fedora where it was in use before dnf was introduced are the active OS. Yum as a separate command no longer exists, so for academic purposes it is out of date and really should be replaced with its successor, dnf. About yum (yes I know it is replaced by dnf ) - I am using yum for academic purposes. What is the correct case for Fedora? Case 1 o 2?įor Fedora Workstation 36. Therefore consider the 2 following scenarios: So I am not sure if sudo yum update does two jobs - first retrieve the info about all the new data available and second proceeds to accomplish the update. # The first command must be executed before.

# Update all the new data available for the OS, # it depends of the previous command execution # Shows all the new data available for the OS, I know it shows all the new data available for update purposes, but I am not sure if only does that job - I mean:įor example in Ubuntu the following is mandatory # Retrieves all the new data available for the OS

To accomplish an update of all the packages available in the OS - is used the sudo yum update command - I want to know if is necessary/mandatory execute first the yum check-update command. About yum (yes I know it is replaced by dnf) - I am using yum for academic purposes.

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