Installing Software with rum

rum is RakuOS's native package manager. It manages system packages as an overlay on top of the read only base image, so installed packages survive updates and reboots without touching the base itself.

Installing a package

sudo rum install <package-name>

Searching for a package

rum search <search-term>

Removing a package

sudo rum remove <package-name>

Updating your system

sudo rum upgrade

Other useful commands

• rum info <package-name>, view details about a package
• rum history, review recent package transactions
• sudo rum autoremove, clean up packages that are no longer needed

Anything installed with rum lives in a writable overlay, keeping the base RakuOS image untouched and easy to update or roll back.