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Besides the distributions that use YUM directly, SUSE Linux 10.1 [33] added support for YUM repositories in YaST, and the Open Build Service repositories use the YUM XML repository format metadata. [31] YUM automatically synchronizes the remote meta data to the local client, with other tools opting to synchronize only when requested by the user.
A software repository, or repo for short, is a storage location for software packages. Often a table of contents is also stored, along with metadata. A software repository is typically managed by source or version control, or repository managers. Package managers allow automatically installing and updating repositories, sometimes called "packages".
RPM was originally written in 1997 by Erik Troan and Marc Ewing, [1] based on pms, rpp, and pm experiences.. pm was written by Rik Faith and Doug Hoffman in May 1995 for Red Hat Software, its design and implementations were influenced greatly by pms, a package management system by Faith and Kevin Martin in the fall of 1993 for the Bogus Linux Distribution.
Yum extends the functionality of the backend by adding features such as simple configuration for maintaining a network of systems. As another example, the Synaptic Package Manager provides a graphical user interface by using the Advanced Packaging Tool (apt) library, which, in turn, relies on dpkg for core functionality.
ZYpp (or libzypp; "Zen / YaST Packages Patches Patterns Products" [6]) is a package manager engine that powers Linux applications like YaST, Zypper and the implementation of PackageKit for openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise. [7]
APT relies on the concept of repositories in order to find software and resolve dependencies. For APT, a repository is a directory containing packages along with an index file. This can be specified as a networked or CD-ROM location.
Yum! Brands, a corporation that operates Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut; Yuma International Airport (IATA code YUM), in Yuma, Arizona; yum (software), an open-source command-line package-management tool for Linux operating systems "Yum", a song by Slowthai from the 2023 album Ugly
When the user agent wants to send authentication credentials to the server, it may use the Authorization header field. The Authorization header field is constructed as follows: [9] The username and password are combined with a single colon (:). This means that the username itself cannot contain a colon.