How to clear yum cache command on Linux?

You can use the following command to clear the yum cache:

1. Clear all yum cache.

sudo yum clean all

1. Clear the old rpm package cache.

sudo yum clean packages

1. Clear the old header file cache.

sudo yum clean headers

1. Clearing the old metadata cache.

sudo yum clean metadata

1. Clearing old cache and metadata:

sudo yum clean dbcache

Please note that clearing the yum cache may cause yum to re-download the necessary packages and metadata.

 

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