Information about the package, finch, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The finch package is designed for, A text-based user interface for Pidgin.
Package Name:
finch
Summary:
A text-based user interface for Pidgin
URL:
Description:
A text-based user interface for using libpurple. This can be run from a standard text console or from a terminal within X Windows. It uses ncurses and our homegrown gnt library for drawing windows and text.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.7.9
Release:
28.el6
Size:
245 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GPLv2 and MIT
Control the finch package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install finch
This command will install finch on the server.
yum remove finch
This command will un-install finch on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove finch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove finch
This command will un-install finch 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 finch when using the -y flag.
yum update finch
This command will update finch to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove finch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update finch
This command will update finch 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 finch when using the -y flag.
yum info finch
This command will show you core information about the finch package.
yum deplist finch
This command will show you the dependencies for finch. 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 finch
This command will check if there is an update waiting on finch. 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.