Information about the package, curl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The curl package is designed for, A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and.
Package Name:
curl
Summary:
A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and
URL:
Description:
cURL is a tool for getting files from HTTP, FTP, FILE, LDAP, LDAPS, DICT, TELNET and TFTP servers, using any of the supported protocols. cURL is designed to work without user interaction or any kind of interactivity. cURL offers many useful capabilities, like proxy support, user authentication, FTP upload, HTTP post, and file transfer resume.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.19.7
Release:
53.el6_9
Size:
349 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
MIT
Control the curl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install curl
This command will install curl on the server.
yum remove curl
This command will un-install curl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove curl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove curl
This command will un-install curl 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 curl when using the -y flag.
yum update curl
This command will update curl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove curl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update curl
This command will update curl 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 curl when using the -y flag.
yum info curl
This command will show you core information about the curl package.
yum deplist curl
This command will show you the dependencies for curl. 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 curl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on curl. 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.