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Distribution
A distribution or distro is the Linux kernel plus a distinctive type of package manager and software repository with a selection of customizable shells, utilities, and applications. Distros also have either community-supported or commercial licensing and support options.
distributions that use sudo, this process is handled by guided setup
A distribution contains any precompiled software packages the vendor or sponsor considers appropriate. The distributions are pushed to the repositories.
apt-get
a command interface for APT. The update, upgrade, and install commands are used to update/patch and install software.
Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM)
used by Red Hat distributions and works with .rpm format packages.
yum is the command interface for YUM. The following basic commands are used to update/patch and install software.
yum commands
yum check-update
Refresh the local database with information about the packages available from the repository:
yum update
Update all packages with the latest versions:
yum install PackageName
yum install PackageName