Information about the package, newt, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The newt package is designed for, A library for text mode user interfaces.
Package Name:
newt
Summary:
A library for text mode user interfaces
Description:
Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget based user interfaces. Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, scrollbars, etc., to text mode user interfaces. This package also contains the shared library needed by programs built with newt, as well as a /usr/bin/dialog replacement called whiptail. Newt is based on the slang library.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
0.52.11
Release:
4.el6
Size:
96 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the newt package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install newt
This command will install newt on the server.
yum remove newt
This command will un-install newt on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove newt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove newt
This command will un-install 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 newt when using the -y flag.
yum update newt
This command will update newt to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove newt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update newt
This command will update 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 newt when using the -y flag.
yum info newt
This command will show you core information about the newt package.
yum deplist newt
This command will show you the dependencies for 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 newt
This command will check if there is an update waiting on 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.