Information about the package, conspy, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The conspy package is designed for, Remote control for text mode virtual consoles.
Package Name:
conspy
Summary:
Remote control for text mode virtual consoles
Description:
Conspy allows a (possibly remote) user to see what is displayed on a Linux virtual console, and send keystrokes to it. It is rather like VNC, but where VNC takes control of a GUI conspy takes control of a text mode virtual console. Unlike VNC, conspy does not require a server to be installed prior to being used.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.8
Release:
10.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
EPL
Control the conspy package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install conspy
This command will install conspy on the server.
yum remove conspy
This command will un-install conspy on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove conspy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove conspy
This command will un-install conspy 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 conspy when using the -y flag.
yum update conspy
This command will update conspy to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove conspy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update conspy
This command will update conspy 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 conspy when using the -y flag.
yum info conspy
This command will show you core information about the conspy package.
yum deplist conspy
This command will show you the dependencies for conspy. 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 conspy
This command will check if there is an update waiting on conspy. 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.