Information about the package, cfengine, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cfengine package is designed for, A systems administration tool for networks.
Package Name:
cfengine
Summary:
A systems administration tool for networks
Description:
Cfengine, or the configuration engine is an agent/software robot and a very high level language for building expert systems to administrate and configure large computer networks. Cfengine uses the idea of classes and a primitive form of intelligence to define and automate the configuration and maintenance of system state, for small to huge configurations. Cfengine is designed to be a part of a computer immune system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.3.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
479 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3
Control the cfengine package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cfengine
This command will install cfengine on the server.
yum remove cfengine
This command will un-install cfengine on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cfengine, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cfengine
This command will un-install cfengine 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 cfengine when using the -y flag.
yum update cfengine
This command will update cfengine to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cfengine, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cfengine
This command will update cfengine 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 cfengine when using the -y flag.
yum info cfengine
This command will show you core information about the cfengine package.
yum deplist cfengine
This command will show you the dependencies for cfengine. 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 cfengine
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cfengine. 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.