Information about the package, euca2ools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The euca2ools package is designed for, Eucalyptus/AWS-compatible command line tools.
Package Name:
euca2ools
Summary:
Eucalyptus/AWS-compatible command line tools
Description:
Euca2ools are command line tools used to interact with Eucalyptus, a service overlay designed to be interface-compatible with Amazon Web Services (AWS), as well as AWS itself.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
3.4.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
849 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the euca2ools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install euca2ools
This command will install euca2ools on the server.
yum remove euca2ools
This command will un-install euca2ools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove euca2ools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove euca2ools
This command will un-install euca2ools 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 euca2ools when using the -y flag.
yum update euca2ools
This command will update euca2ools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove euca2ools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update euca2ools
This command will update euca2ools 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 euca2ools when using the -y flag.
yum info euca2ools
This command will show you core information about the euca2ools package.
yum deplist euca2ools
This command will show you the dependencies for euca2ools. 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 euca2ools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on euca2ools. 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.