for "man yum", the command "search" is not listed here: command is one of: * install package1 [package2] [...] * update [package1] [package2] [...] * check-update * upgrade [package1] [package2] [...] *deprecated* this command may be removed in the future. * remove [package1] [package2] [...] * list [...] * info [...] * provides [...] * clean [ packages | headers | oldheaders | all ] * groupinstall [...] * groupupdate [...] * grouplist [...] It was confusing at first because I assumed that the tutorial I had read was wrong, but paging down through man page, I was able to find a comment on "search" command.