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system-config-date


Information about the package, system-config-date, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The system-config-date package is designed for, A graphical interface for modifying system date and time.


Package Name:

system-config-date

Summary:

A graphical interface for modifying system date and time

Description:

system-config-date is a graphical interface for changing the system date and time, configuring the system time zone, and setting up the NTP daemon to synchronize the time of the system with an NTP time server.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

1.9.60

Release:

3.el6.centos

Size:

891 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for system-config-date


Control the system-config-date package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install system-config-date

This command will install system-config-date on the server.

yum remove system-config-date

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

yum -y remove system-config-date

This command will un-install system-config-date 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 system-config-date when using the -y flag.

yum update system-config-date

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

yum -y update system-config-date

This command will update system-config-date 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 system-config-date when using the -y flag.

yum info system-config-date

This command will show you core information about the system-config-date package.

yum deplist system-config-date

This command will show you the dependencies for system-config-date. 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 system-config-date

This command will check if there is an update waiting on system-config-date. 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.