Information about the package, gedit, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gedit package is designed for, Text editor for the GNOME desktop.
Package Name:
gedit
Summary:
Text editor for the GNOME desktop
Description:
gedit is a small, but powerful text editor designed specifically for the GNOME desktop. It has most standard text editor functions and fully supports international text in Unicode. Advanced features include syntax highlighting and automatic indentation of source code, printing and editing of multiple documents in one window. gedit is extensible through a plugin system, which currently includes support for spell checking, comparing files, viewing CVS ChangeLogs, and adjusting indentation levels. Further plugins can be found in the gedit-plugins package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.28.4
Release:
4.el6
Size:
3.3 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GFDL
Control the gedit package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gedit
This command will install gedit on the server.
yum remove gedit
This command will un-install gedit on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gedit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gedit
This command will un-install gedit 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 gedit when using the -y flag.
yum update gedit
This command will update gedit to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gedit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gedit
This command will update gedit 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 gedit when using the -y flag.
yum info gedit
This command will show you core information about the gedit package.
yum deplist gedit
This command will show you the dependencies for gedit. 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 gedit
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gedit. 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.