Information about the package, epel-rpm-macros, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The epel-rpm-macros package is designed for, Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux RPM macros.
Package Name:
epel-rpm-macros
Summary:
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux RPM macros
Description:
This package contains some RPM macros which minimize the differences in the packaging process between Fedora and EPEL.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
6
Release:
19
Size:
14 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the epel-rpm-macros package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install epel-rpm-macros
This command will install epel-rpm-macros on the server.
yum remove epel-rpm-macros
This command will un-install epel-rpm-macros on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove epel-rpm-macros, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove epel-rpm-macros
This command will un-install epel-rpm-macros 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 epel-rpm-macros when using the -y flag.
yum update epel-rpm-macros
This command will update epel-rpm-macros to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove epel-rpm-macros, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update epel-rpm-macros
This command will update epel-rpm-macros 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 epel-rpm-macros when using the -y flag.
yum info epel-rpm-macros
This command will show you core information about the epel-rpm-macros package.
yum deplist epel-rpm-macros
This command will show you the dependencies for epel-rpm-macros. 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 epel-rpm-macros
This command will check if there is an update waiting on epel-rpm-macros. 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.