Information about the package, davfs2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The davfs2 package is designed for, A filesystem driver for WebDAV.
Package Name:
davfs2
Summary:
A filesystem driver for WebDAV
Description:
davfs2 is a Linux file system driver that allows you to mount a WebDAV server as a disk drive.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.7
Release:
8.el6
Size:
144 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the davfs2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install davfs2
This command will install davfs2 on the server.
yum remove davfs2
This command will un-install davfs2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove davfs2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove davfs2
This command will un-install davfs2 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 davfs2 when using the -y flag.
yum update davfs2
This command will update davfs2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove davfs2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update davfs2
This command will update davfs2 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 davfs2 when using the -y flag.
yum info davfs2
This command will show you core information about the davfs2 package.
yum deplist davfs2
This command will show you the dependencies for davfs2. 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 davfs2
This command will check if there is an update waiting on davfs2. 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.