Information about the package, libreport-newt, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libreport-newt package is designed for, libreport's newt interface.
Package Name:
libreport-newt
Summary:
libreport's newt interface
Description:
This package contains a simple newt application for reporting bugs
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.9
Release:
33.el6.centos
Size:
20 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the libreport-newt package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libreport-newt
This command will install libreport-newt on the server.
yum remove libreport-newt
This command will un-install libreport-newt on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libreport-newt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libreport-newt
This command will un-install libreport-newt 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 libreport-newt when using the -y flag.
yum update libreport-newt
This command will update libreport-newt to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libreport-newt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libreport-newt
This command will update libreport-newt 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 libreport-newt when using the -y flag.
yum info libreport-newt
This command will show you core information about the libreport-newt package.
yum deplist libreport-newt
This command will show you the dependencies for libreport-newt. 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 libreport-newt
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libreport-newt. 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.