Information about the package, bash, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bash package is designed for, The GNU Bourne Again shell.
Package Name:
bash
Summary:
The GNU Bourne Again shell
Description:
The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell or command language interpreter that is compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.1.2
Release:
48.el6
Size:
3.0 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the bash package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install bash
This command will install bash on the server.
yum remove bash
This command will un-install bash on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bash, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove bash
This command will un-install bash 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 bash when using the -y flag.
yum update bash
This command will update bash to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bash, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update bash
This command will update bash 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 bash when using the -y flag.
yum info bash
This command will show you core information about the bash package.
yum deplist bash
This command will show you the dependencies for bash. 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 bash
This command will check if there is an update waiting on bash. 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.