Information about the package, xfoil, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xfoil package is designed for, Subsonic Airfoil Development System.
Package Name:
xfoil
Summary:
Subsonic Airfoil Development System
Description:
XFOIL is an interactive program for the design and analysis of subsonic isolated airfoils.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.99
Release:
1.el6
Size:
1.2 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
Control the xfoil package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xfoil
This command will install xfoil on the server.
yum remove xfoil
This command will un-install xfoil on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xfoil, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xfoil
This command will un-install xfoil 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 xfoil when using the -y flag.
yum update xfoil
This command will update xfoil to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xfoil, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xfoil
This command will update xfoil 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 xfoil when using the -y flag.
yum info xfoil
This command will show you core information about the xfoil package.
yum deplist xfoil
This command will show you the dependencies for xfoil. 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 xfoil
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xfoil. 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.