Information about the package, dtach, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dtach package is designed for, A simple program that emulates the detach feature of screen.
Package Name:
dtach
Summary:
A simple program that emulates the detach feature of screen
Description:
dtach is a program that emulates the detach feature of screen, with less overhead. It is designed to be transparent and un-intrusive; it avoids interpreting the input and output between attached terminals and the program under its control. Consequently, it works best with full-screen applications such as emacs.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.8
Release:
4.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the dtach package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dtach
This command will install dtach on the server.
yum remove dtach
This command will un-install dtach on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dtach, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dtach
This command will un-install dtach 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 dtach when using the -y flag.
yum update dtach
This command will update dtach to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dtach, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dtach
This command will update dtach 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 dtach when using the -y flag.
yum info dtach
This command will show you core information about the dtach package.
yum deplist dtach
This command will show you the dependencies for dtach. 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 dtach
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dtach. 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.