Information about the package, dosbox, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dosbox package is designed for, x86/DOS emulator with sound and graphics.
Package Name:
dosbox
Summary:
x86/DOS emulator with sound and graphics
URL:
Description:
DOSBox is a DOS-emulator using SDL for easy portability to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to several different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, Mac OS X... DOSBox emulates a 286/386 realmode CPU, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, a SoundBlaster card for excellent sound compatibility with older games... You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run plenty of the old classics that don't run on your new computer!
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.74
Release:
1.el6.1
Size:
781 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the dosbox package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dosbox
This command will install dosbox on the server.
yum remove dosbox
This command will un-install dosbox on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dosbox, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dosbox
This command will un-install dosbox 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 dosbox when using the -y flag.
yum update dosbox
This command will update dosbox to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dosbox, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dosbox
This command will update dosbox 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 dosbox when using the -y flag.
yum info dosbox
This command will show you core information about the dosbox package.
yum deplist dosbox
This command will show you the dependencies for dosbox. 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 dosbox
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dosbox. 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.