How to delete the yum software repository configuration file in Linux?

2 years ago
Noah Thompson
1 minute

To delete the yum software repository configuration file, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal window.
  2. Log in as a superuser, type in the following command, and press enter:
  3. Switch to the superuser account.
  4. Navigate to the directory where the yum software repository configuration file is located, typically at /etc/yum.repos.d/. Enter the following command and press Enter:
  5. Change directory to /etc/yum.repos.d/
  6. List all the files in the directory, locate the configuration file to be deleted, and enter the following command before pressing the Enter key:
  7. list directory
  8. Use the following command to remove the configuration file, where is the name of the file to be deleted:
  9. delete
  10. After completing, enter the following command to exit super user mode:
  11. leave

You have now successfully removed the yum software repository configuration file.

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