Information about the package, augeas, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The augeas package is designed for, A library for changing configuration files.
Package Name:
augeas
Summary:
A library for changing configuration files
URL:
Description:
A library for programmatically editing configuration files. Augeas parses configuration files into a tree structure, which it exposes through its public API. Changes made through the API are written back to the initially read files. The transformation works very hard to preserve comments and formatting details. It is controlled by ``lens'' definitions that describe the file format and the transformation into a tree.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.0
Release:
10.el6
Size:
35 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the augeas package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install augeas
This command will install augeas on the server.
yum remove augeas
This command will un-install augeas on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove augeas, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove augeas
This command will un-install augeas on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove augeas when using the -y flag.
yum update augeas
This command will update augeas to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove augeas, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update augeas
This command will update augeas to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove augeas when using the -y flag.
yum info augeas
This command will show you core information about the augeas package.
yum deplist augeas
This command will show you the dependencies for augeas. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update augeas
This command will check if there is an update waiting on augeas. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.