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Is there a way to add and remove packages at the same time with a single yum command? For example, installing postfix and removing sendmail without running two separate commands/transactions.

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Not to my knowledge, but I'm not a daily yum user. Why do you want it in a single command? – jippie Jun 2 '12 at 16:39
@jippie Convenience, mostly. And reducing the time to set up multiple transactions. – Michael Ekstrand Jun 2 '12 at 16:43

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Yes. Invoking yum shell will allow you to specify multiple commands that will happen simultaneously when run is entered.

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Awesome, this is exactly what I was looking for. – Michael Ekstrand Jun 2 '12 at 20:01

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