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In a previous article we discussed how toinstall, remove, update and search for software packages using yum. In this post we discuss how to install only security updates using yum.

If you don't have enough bandwidth you might want to skip updating software packages on your Fedora Linux box. But no one should ignore security updates. Almost every software package will encounter security vulnerabilities one or the other day. As soon as these security vulnerabilities are discovered, you should take action. When the updates containing fixes for these security vulnerabilities are available, you should install them immediately.

You can check whether any security updates are available using yum. You will require the security plugin for yum.

Open the terminal and become root using su -.

Install security plugin for yum

yum install yum-security -y

After you install the yum security plugin you will be able to check for only security updates.

yum --security update

Yum checks for any security updates and if available, prompts for your confirmation to install them. 'yum --security update' command ignores all other updates available.