{"id":12141,"date":"2019-03-22T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T11:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12141"},"modified":"2019-03-22T11:53:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T11:53:17","slug":"how-to-undo-or-redo-a-yum-install-on-centos-and-rhel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/22\/how-to-undo-or-redo-a-yum-install-on-centos-and-rhel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Undo or Redo a Yum Install on CentOS and RHEL"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most important and useful feature added to\u00a0YUM Package Manager<\/a>\u00a0(from version\u00a03.2.25<\/strong>) is the \u2018yum history<\/strong>\u2019 command. It allows you to review a full history of yum transactions that have been run on a system.<\/p>\n

It shows the dates and times when a transactions were performed, whether the transactions succeeded or were aborted, the number of packages affected, and so much more.<\/p>\n

Importantly,\u00a0yum history<\/strong>\u00a0can be used to\u00a0undo<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0redo<\/strong>\u00a0certain transactions. In this article, we will show how to\u00a0undo<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0redo<\/strong>\u00a0a yum install including dependencies on a\u00a0CentOS\/RHEL<\/strong>\u00a0distribution.<\/p>\n

To do this, first you need to review the yum transactions history by running the following command as\u00a0root<\/strong>\u00a0user, otherwise use the\u00a0sudo command<\/a>\u00a0to gain root privileges.<\/p>\n

$ sudo yum history  \r\nOR\r\n$ sudo yum history list all\r\n<\/pre>\n
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\"List<\/a><\/p>\n
List Yum History<\/p>\n
From the output in the screenshot above, the\u00a0yum history<\/strong>\u00a0shows you the transaction ID, the command line, date and time, action and more.<\/p>\n
To undo a\u00a0yum install<\/strong>, take note of the\u00a0transaction ID<\/strong>, and perform the required action. In this example, we want to undo the install with\u00a0ID 63<\/strong>, which will erase the package that was installed in the specified transaction, as follows (enter y\/yes<\/code>\u00a0when asked).<\/p>\n
$ sudo yum history undo 63\r\n<\/pre>\n
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\"Undo<\/a><\/p>\n
Undo Yum Install Package<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
To\u00a0redo<\/strong>\u00a0a yum install, as before, take note of the\u00a0transaction ID<\/strong>, and run it. For instance to redo the install with\u00a0ID 63<\/strong>, run the the following command.<\/p>\n
$ sudo yum history redo 63\r\n<\/pre>\n
Note that you can do the same for a\u00a0yum remove\/erase transaction<\/strong>. The most important thing to note is the\u00a0transaction ID<\/strong>\u00a0of an\u00a0yum install<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0yum remove<\/strong>\u00a0action.<\/p>\n
For more information about yum history, see this guide:<\/p>\n
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  1. How to Use \u2018Yum History\u2019 to Find Out Installed or Removed Packages Info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    That\u2019s all for now! In this article, we demonstrated how to undo or redo a yum install including dependencies on CentOS\/RHEL. Share your thoughts with us via the comment form below.<\/p>\n
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    One of the most important and useful feature added to\u00a0YUM Package Manager\u00a0(from version\u00a03.2.25) is the \u2018yum history\u2019 command. It allows you to review a full history of yum transactions that have been run on a system. It shows the dates and times when a transactions were performed, whether the transactions succeeded or were aborted, the … <\/p>\n
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