How to Check RPM Package Info Using YUM Command on CentOS 7

Yum (Yellow Dog Update Modifire) is a tool for RPM package management. Yum can install RPM packages and dependencies are obtained and downloaded automatically.

Step 1. Check yum version: Run the following command to check yum installed versions:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum --version 3.4.3   ............. [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Step 2. Check Package Info: Run the flowing command to check the package installed version and updated version available for installation:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum info tar.x86_64 Loaded plugins: fastestmirror ............... Installed Packages Name        : tar Arch        : x86_64 Epoch       : 2 Version     : 1.26 Release     : 29.el7 Size        : 2.7 M Repo        : installed Summary     : A GNU file archiving program URL         : http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/ License     : GPLv3+ Description : The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can             : restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive. Tar             : can also be used to add supplemental files to an archive and to update             : or list files in the archive. Tar includes multivolume support,             : automatic archive compression/decompression, the ability to perform             : remote archives, and the ability to perform incremental and full             : backups.             :             : If you want to use tar for remote backups, you also need to install             : the rmt package on the remote box. Available Packages Name        : tar Arch        : x86_64 Epoch       : 2 Version     : 1.26 Release     : 35.el7 Size        : 846 k Repo        : base/7/x86_64 Summary     : A GNU file archiving program URL         : http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/ License     : GPLv3+ Description : The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can             : restore individual files (or all of the files) from that archive. Tar             : can also be used to add supplemental files to an archive and to update             : or list files in the archive. Tar includes multivolume support,             : automatic archive compression/decompression, the ability to perform             : remote archives, and the ability to perform incremental and full             : backups.             :             : If you want to use tar for remote backups, you also need to install             : the rmt package on the remote box. [root@linuxcnf ~]#

In above output installed Package details and available packages details is shown.