Information about the package, ratpoison, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ratpoison package is designed for, Minimalistic window manager.
Package Name:
ratpoison
Summary:
Minimalistic window manager
Description:
Ratpoison is a simple window manager that relies solely on keyboard input as opposed to keyboard and mouse input.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.5
Release:
2.el6
Size:
177 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the ratpoison package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ratpoison
This command will install ratpoison on the server.
yum remove ratpoison
This command will un-install ratpoison on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ratpoison, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ratpoison
This command will un-install ratpoison 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 ratpoison when using the -y flag.
yum update ratpoison
This command will update ratpoison to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ratpoison, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ratpoison
This command will update ratpoison 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 ratpoison when using the -y flag.
yum info ratpoison
This command will show you core information about the ratpoison package.
yum deplist ratpoison
This command will show you the dependencies for ratpoison. 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 ratpoison
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ratpoison. 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.