Re: How can I install yum

From	Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: How can I install yum
Date	2024-12-01 17:20 +0100
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On Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 10:19 AM Michael Kjörling <c9bc136c6063@ewoof.net>
wrote:

> On 1 Dec 2024 08:35 -0500, from arbolone@hotmail.ca (Arbol One):
> > This command : '*sudo apt install yum*' I get a message saying -
>
> As far as I can tell yum was removed from Debian in late 2019 / early
> 2020, and was last available in Buster (Debian 10).
>

Red Hat replaced Yum with DNF.

dnf/testing,testing 4.22.0-1 all
 Dandified Yum package manager



> https://packages.debian.org/buster/yum
>
> https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/yum
>
> Also, yum is meant for handling RPM packages, which Debian does not
> use to begin with.
>
> Why do you want to install yum? This smells strongly of a XY problem;
> there is almost certainly a better way to do what you _actually_ want
> to do on Debian.
>
> --
> Michael Kjörling
> 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se
>
>

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