Information about the package, partclone, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The partclone package is designed for, Utility to clone and restore a partition.
Package Name:
partclone
Summary:
Utility to clone and restore a partition
Description:
Partclone provides utilities to clone and restore used blocks on a partition and is designed for higher compatibility of the file system by using existing libraries, e.g. e2fslibs is used to read and write the ext2 partition.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.3.11
Release:
1.el6
Size:
465 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ and GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and GPLv3+ and LGPLv2 and LGPLv2+
Control the partclone package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install partclone
This command will install partclone on the server.
yum remove partclone
This command will un-install partclone on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove partclone, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove partclone
This command will un-install partclone 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 partclone when using the -y flag.
yum update partclone
This command will update partclone to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove partclone, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update partclone
This command will update partclone 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 partclone when using the -y flag.
yum info partclone
This command will show you core information about the partclone package.
yum deplist partclone
This command will show you the dependencies for partclone. 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 partclone
This command will check if there is an update waiting on partclone. 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.