Information about the package, fedpkg, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fedpkg package is designed for, Fedora utility for working with dist-git.
Package Name:
fedpkg
Summary:
Fedora utility for working with dist-git
Description:
Provides the fedpkg command for working with dist-git
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.32
Release:
1.el6
Size:
71 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the fedpkg package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fedpkg
This command will install fedpkg on the server.
yum remove fedpkg
This command will un-install fedpkg on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fedpkg, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fedpkg
This command will un-install fedpkg 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 fedpkg when using the -y flag.
yum update fedpkg
This command will update fedpkg to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fedpkg, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fedpkg
This command will update fedpkg 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 fedpkg when using the -y flag.
yum info fedpkg
This command will show you core information about the fedpkg package.
yum deplist fedpkg
This command will show you the dependencies for fedpkg. 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 fedpkg
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fedpkg. 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.