Information about the package, parrot-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The parrot-tools package is designed for, Parrot Virtual Machine development for languages.
Package Name:
parrot-tools
Summary:
Parrot Virtual Machine development for languages
Description:
Parrot Virtual Machine development files for building languages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.3.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
530 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Artistic 2.0
Control the parrot-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install parrot-tools
This command will install parrot-tools on the server.
yum remove parrot-tools
This command will un-install parrot-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove parrot-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove parrot-tools
This command will un-install parrot-tools 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 parrot-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update parrot-tools
This command will update parrot-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove parrot-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update parrot-tools
This command will update parrot-tools 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 parrot-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info parrot-tools
This command will show you core information about the parrot-tools package.
yum deplist parrot-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for parrot-tools. 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 parrot-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on parrot-tools. 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.