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emacs-common


Information about the package, emacs-common, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The emacs-common package is designed for, Emacs common files.


Package Name:

emacs-common

Summary:

Emacs common files

Description:

Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting, modeless text editor. Emacs contains special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read mail, news, and more without leaving the editor. This package contains all the common files needed by emacs or emacs-nox.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

23.1

Release:

28.el6

Size:

58 M

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

GPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for emacs-common


Control the emacs-common package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install emacs-common

This command will install emacs-common on the server.

yum remove emacs-common

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

yum -y remove emacs-common

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

yum update emacs-common

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

yum -y update emacs-common

This command will update emacs-common 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 emacs-common when using the -y flag.

yum info emacs-common

This command will show you core information about the emacs-common package.

yum deplist emacs-common

This command will show you the dependencies for emacs-common. 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 emacs-common

This command will check if there is an update waiting on emacs-common. 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.