Information about the package, talk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The talk package is designed for, Talk client for one-on-one Internet chatting.
Package Name:
talk
Summary:
Talk client for one-on-one Internet chatting
URL:
Description:
The talk package provides client programs for the Internet talk protocol, which allows you to chat with other users on different systems. Talk is a communication program which copies lines from one terminal to the terminal of another user. Install talk if you'd like to use talk for chatting with users on different systems.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.17
Release:
36.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the talk package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install talk
This command will install talk on the server.
yum remove talk
This command will un-install talk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove talk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove talk
This command will un-install talk 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 talk when using the -y flag.
yum update talk
This command will update talk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove talk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update talk
This command will update talk 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 talk when using the -y flag.
yum info talk
This command will show you core information about the talk package.
yum deplist talk
This command will show you the dependencies for talk. 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 talk
This command will check if there is an update waiting on talk. 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.