YUM
E184320
YUM is a command-line package management utility for RPM-based Linux distributions that automatically handles software installation, updates, and dependency resolution.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dandified YUM | 2 |
| YUM canonical | 2 |
| YUM (legacy) | 1 |
| Zypper | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1636256 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YUM Context triple: [Red Hat Enterprise Linux, packageManager, YUM]
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A.
Apt
Apt is a historic market town in southeastern France’s Vaucluse department, known for its candied fruit production and Provençal charm.
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B.
YEM
YEM is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Yemen for international identification and data standards.
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C.
Nix
Nix is one of Pluto’s small outer moons, an irregularly shaped natural satellite discovered in 2005 that orbits the dwarf planet in a complex, resonant system with its other moons.
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D.
Grubhub
Grubhub is a major U.S.-based online food ordering and delivery platform that connects diners with local restaurants through its website and mobile app.
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E.
Bango
Bango is the energetic deer mascot of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, known for his acrobatic dunks and fan entertainment during games.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YUM Target entity description: YUM is a command-line package management utility for RPM-based Linux distributions that automatically handles software installation, updates, and dependency resolution.
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A.
Apt
Apt is a historic market town in southeastern France’s Vaucluse department, known for its candied fruit production and Provençal charm.
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B.
YEM
YEM is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Yemen for international identification and data standards.
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C.
Nix
Nix is one of Pluto’s small outer moons, an irregularly shaped natural satellite discovered in 2005 that orbits the dwarf planet in a complex, resonant system with its other moons.
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D.
Grubhub
Grubhub is a major U.S.-based online food ordering and delivery platform that connects diners with local restaurants through its website and mobile app.
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E.
Bango
Bango is the energetic deer mascot of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, known for his acrobatic dunks and fan entertainment during games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command-line program
ⓘ
free software ⓘ package management utility ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Yellowdog Updater, Modified ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleImplementation | dnf-2 (yum compatibility layer in some distributions) ⓘ |
| configurationDirectory | /etc/yum.repos.d ⓘ |
| configurationFile | /etc/yum.conf ⓘ |
| defaultPackageManagerFor |
older versions of CentOS
ⓘ
older versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ⓘ |
| fullName | Yellowdog Updater, Modified ⓘ |
| hasSubcommand |
yum clean
ⓘ
yum history ⓘ yum info ⓘ yum install ⓘ yum list ⓘ yum remove ⓘ yum repolist ⓘ yum search ⓘ yum update ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Yellowdog Updater (YUP) ⓘ |
| interface | command-line interface ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| licenseAbbreviation |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
surface form:
GPL
|
| operatingSystemFamily | Linux ⓘ |
| packageFormat | RPM ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
dependency resolution
ⓘ
package management ⓘ software installation ⓘ software update ⓘ |
| replaces | YUP ⓘ |
| supersededBy | DNF ⓘ |
| supports | RPM-based Linux distributions ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
automatic dependency resolution
ⓘ
group package installation ⓘ plugin system ⓘ transaction history ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
check for updates
ⓘ
install packages ⓘ list packages ⓘ manage repositories ⓘ remove packages ⓘ search packages ⓘ update packages ⓘ |
| supportsRepositoryType |
FTP repositories
ⓘ
HTTP repositories ⓘ file-based repositories ⓘ |
| usedBy |
CentOS
ⓘ
Fedora Linux ⓘ
surface form:
Fedora (historically)
Oracle Linux ⓘ Red Hat Enterprise Linux ⓘ Scientific Linux ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Python ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: YUM Description of subject: YUM is a command-line package management utility for RPM-based Linux distributions that automatically handles software installation, updates, and dependency resolution.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Zypper
this entity surface form:
Dandified YUM
this entity surface form:
YUM (legacy)