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sword


Information about the package, sword, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sword package is designed for, Free Bible Software Project.


Package Name:

sword

Summary:

Free Bible Software Project

Description:

The SWORD Project is the CrossWire Bible Society's free Bible software project. Its purpose is to create cross-platform open-source tools-- covered by the GNU General Public License-- that allow programmers and Bible societies to write new Bible software more quickly and easily. We also create Bible study software for all readers, students, scholars, and translators of the Bible, and have a growing collection of over 200 texts in over 50 languages.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.7.3

Release:

2.el6

Size:

722 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for sword


Control the sword package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install sword

This command will install sword on the server.

yum remove sword

This command will un-install sword on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sword, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove sword

This command will un-install sword 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 sword when using the -y flag.

yum update sword

This command will update sword to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sword, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update sword

This command will update sword 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 sword when using the -y flag.

yum info sword

This command will show you core information about the sword package.

yum deplist sword

This command will show you the dependencies for sword. 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 sword

This command will check if there is an update waiting on sword. 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.