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Security updates#

List security updates#

yum updateinfo list updates security
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amzn2-core/2/x86_64                                                                                             | 3.7 kB  00:00:00     
ALAS2-2022-1807 medium/Sec.    amazon-ssm-agent-3.1.1575.0-1.amzn2.x86_64
ALAS2-2022-1882 medium/Sec.    curl-7.79.1-7.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
ALAS2-2022-1870 important/Sec. dbus-1:1.10.24-7.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
ALAS2-2022-1870 important/Sec. dbus-libs-1:1.10.24-7.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
ALAS2-2022-1874 medium/Sec.    dhclient-12:4.2.5-79.amzn2.1.2.x86_64
...

Install available security updates#

yum -y update --security

Update except#

yum update --exclude=mysql*

# /etc/yum.conf
[main]
...
exclude=mysql* php*

Dependency list of a package#

yum deplist sqlite

Which package provides /directory/file#

yum provides /usr/sbin/sw-engine-fpm
Last update: December 9, 2022
Created: July 13, 2022