Information about the package, eg, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The eg package is designed for, Git for mere mortals.
Package Name:
eg
Summary:
Git for mere mortals
Description:
Easy Git (eg) is a wrapper for git, designed to make git easy to learn and use.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.7.5.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
78 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the eg package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install eg
This command will install eg on the server.
yum remove eg
This command will un-install eg on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove eg, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove eg
This command will un-install eg 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 eg when using the -y flag.
yum update eg
This command will update eg to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove eg, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update eg
This command will update eg 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 eg when using the -y flag.
yum info eg
This command will show you core information about the eg package.
yum deplist eg
This command will show you the dependencies for eg. 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 eg
This command will check if there is an update waiting on eg. 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.