Installing, removing, and updating packages is a typical activity on Linux. Most of the Linux distributions provides some kind of package manager utility. For example, apt-get, dpkg, rpm, yum, etc.
On some Linux distributions, yum is the default package manager.
Yum stands for Yellowdog Updater Modified.
This article explains 15 most frequently used yum commands with examples.
12Uninstall a software group using yum groupremove
To delete an existing software group use ‘yum groupremove’ as shown below.
[root@yum ~]# yum groupremove 'DNS Name Server' Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================= Removing: bind-chroot x86_64 32:9.9.4-51.el7_4.2 @updates 3.5 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================= Remove 1 Package Installed size: 3.5 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading packages: Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Erasing : 32:bind-chroot-9.9.4-51.el7_4.2.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : 32:bind-chroot-9.9.4-51.el7_4.2.x86_64 1/1 Removed: bind-chroot.x86_64 32:9.9.4-51.el7_4.2 Complete!
