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ekiga


Information about the package, ekiga, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ekiga package is designed for, A Gnome based SIP/H323 teleconferencing application.


Package Name:

ekiga

Summary:

A Gnome based SIP/H323 teleconferencing application

Description:

Ekiga is a tool to communicate with video and audio over the internet. It uses the standard SIP and H323 protocols.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.2.6

Release:

4.el6

Size:

6.6 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for ekiga


Control the ekiga package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install ekiga

This command will install ekiga on the server.

yum remove ekiga

This command will un-install ekiga on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ekiga, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove ekiga

This command will un-install ekiga 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 ekiga when using the -y flag.

yum update ekiga

This command will update ekiga to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ekiga, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update ekiga

This command will update ekiga 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 ekiga when using the -y flag.

yum info ekiga

This command will show you core information about the ekiga package.

yum deplist ekiga

This command will show you the dependencies for ekiga. 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 ekiga

This command will check if there is an update waiting on ekiga. 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.