Information about the package, pagekite, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pagekite package is designed for, Makes localhost servers visible to the world.
Package Name:
pagekite
Summary:
Makes localhost servers visible to the world
URL:
Description:
System for running publicly visible servers (generally web servers) on machines without a direct connection to the Internet, such as mobile devices or computers behind restrictive firewalls. It works around NAT, firewalls and IP-address limitations by using a combination of tunnels and reverse proxies. Natively supported protocols: HTTP, HTTPS Partially supported protocols: IRC, Finger Any other TCP-based service, including SSH and VNC, may be exposed as well to clients supporting HTTP Proxies.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.5.6d
Release:
1.el6
Size:
229 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
AGPLv3+ and Public Domain
Control the pagekite package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pagekite
This command will install pagekite on the server.
yum remove pagekite
This command will un-install pagekite on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pagekite, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pagekite
This command will un-install pagekite 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 pagekite when using the -y flag.
yum update pagekite
This command will update pagekite to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pagekite, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pagekite
This command will update pagekite 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 pagekite when using the -y flag.
yum info pagekite
This command will show you core information about the pagekite package.
yum deplist pagekite
This command will show you the dependencies for pagekite. 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 pagekite
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pagekite. 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.