Information about the package, createrepo, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The createrepo package is designed for, Creates a common metadata repository.
Package Name:
createrepo
Summary:
Creates a common metadata repository
Description:
A set of utilities for generating a common metadata repository from a directory of rpm packages and maintaining it.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.9.9
Release:
27.el6_9
Size:
97 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the createrepo package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install createrepo
This command will install createrepo on the server.
yum remove createrepo
This command will un-install createrepo on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove createrepo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove createrepo
This command will un-install createrepo 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 createrepo when using the -y flag.
yum update createrepo
This command will update createrepo to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove createrepo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update createrepo
This command will update createrepo 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 createrepo when using the -y flag.
yum info createrepo
This command will show you core information about the createrepo package.
yum deplist createrepo
This command will show you the dependencies for createrepo. 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 createrepo
This command will check if there is an update waiting on createrepo. 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.