Information about the package, deltarpm, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The deltarpm package is designed for, Create deltas between rpms.
Package Name:
deltarpm
Summary:
Create deltas between rpms
Description:
A deltarpm contains the difference between an old and a new version of a rpm, which makes it possible to recreate the new rpm from the deltarpm and the old one. You don't have to have a copy of the old rpm, deltarpms can also work with installed rpms.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.5
Release:
0.5.20090913git.el6
Size:
71 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the deltarpm package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install deltarpm
This command will install deltarpm on the server.
yum remove deltarpm
This command will un-install deltarpm on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove deltarpm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove deltarpm
This command will un-install deltarpm 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 deltarpm when using the -y flag.
yum update deltarpm
This command will update deltarpm to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove deltarpm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update deltarpm
This command will update deltarpm 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 deltarpm when using the -y flag.
yum info deltarpm
This command will show you core information about the deltarpm package.
yum deplist deltarpm
This command will show you the dependencies for deltarpm. 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 deltarpm
This command will check if there is an update waiting on deltarpm. 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.