yum-config-manager

Manage yum repository configuration

TLDR

View the current configuration

$ yum-config-manager

Add a repository from a URL or file

$ yum-config-manager --add-repo [url_or_path]

Enable one or more repositories

$ yum-config-manager --enable [repo_id]

Disable one or more repositories

$ yum-config-manager --disable [repo_id]

Set a configuration option and save it

$ yum-config-manager --setopt=[repo_id.option=value] --save

SYNOPSIS

yum-config-manager [options] [section...]

yum-config-manager is a utility for managing the main yum configuration and its repositories. It can display current settings, toggle which repositories are enabled, add new repositories from URLs or .repo files, and adjust individual options without manually editing `/etc/yum.conf` or files under `/etc/yum.repos.d/`.On modern Red Hat-based distributions (RHEL 8+, Fedora, CentOS Stream), yum has been replaced by dnf, and this command is typically provided as an alias or wrapper for `dnf config-manager`.

PARAMETERS

-h, --help

Display help information.

--save

Save the current options (useful with --setopt).

--enable

Enable the specified repositories (automatically saves).

--disable

Disable the specified repositories (automatically saves).

--add-repo=URL|FILE

Add (and enable) a repository from the given .repo file or URL.

--setopt=option=value

Set any config option in yum config or repo files. Use repoid.option=value for repo-specific options; repoid may contain wildcards.

CAVEATS

Must be run as root to modify configuration. On DNF-based systems, yum-config-manager is an alias for dnf config-manager and requires the `dnf-plugins-core` package.

HISTORY

yum-config-manager is part of the yum-utils package (later dnf-utils) from the RPM software management project. It was widely used on RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora to manage repositories before the transition to DNF.