Information about the package, attr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The attr package is designed for, Utilities for managing filesystem extended attributes.
Package Name:
attr
Summary:
Utilities for managing filesystem extended attributes
Description:
A set of tools for manipulating extended attributes on filesystem objects, in particular getfattr(1) and setfattr(1). An attr(1) command is also provided which is largely compatible with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4.44
Release:
7.el6
Size:
139 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the attr package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install attr
This command will install attr on the server.
yum remove attr
This command will un-install attr on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove attr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove attr
This command will un-install attr 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 attr when using the -y flag.
yum update attr
This command will update attr to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove attr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update attr
This command will update attr 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 attr when using the -y flag.
yum info attr
This command will show you core information about the attr package.
yum deplist attr
This command will show you the dependencies for attr. 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 attr
This command will check if there is an update waiting on attr. 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.