Information about the package, createrepo_c, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The createrepo_c package is designed for, Creates a common metadata repository.
Package Name:
createrepo_c
Summary:
Creates a common metadata repository
Description:
C implementation of Createrepo. A set of utilities (createrepo_c, mergerepo_c, modifyrepo_c) for generating a common metadata repository from a directory of rpm packages and maintaining it.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.10.0
Release:
2.el6
Size:
65 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the createrepo_c package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install createrepo_c
This command will install createrepo_c on the server.
yum remove createrepo_c
This command will un-install createrepo_c on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove createrepo_c, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove createrepo_c
This command will un-install createrepo_c 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 createrepo_c when using the -y flag.
yum update createrepo_c
This command will update createrepo_c to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove createrepo_c, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update createrepo_c
This command will update createrepo_c 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 createrepo_c when using the -y flag.
yum info createrepo_c
This command will show you core information about the createrepo_c package.
yum deplist createrepo_c
This command will show you the dependencies for createrepo_c. 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 createrepo_c
This command will check if there is an update waiting on createrepo_c. 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.