Information about the package, eclipse-platform, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The eclipse-platform package is designed for, Eclipse platform common files.
Package Name:
eclipse-platform
Summary:
Eclipse platform common files
Description:
The Eclipse Platform is the base of all IDE plugins. This does not include the Java Development Tools or the Plugin Development Environment.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.6.1
Release:
6.13.el6
Size:
28 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
EPL
Control the eclipse-platform package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install eclipse-platform
This command will install eclipse-platform on the server.
yum remove eclipse-platform
This command will un-install eclipse-platform on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove eclipse-platform, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove eclipse-platform
This command will un-install eclipse-platform 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 eclipse-platform when using the -y flag.
yum update eclipse-platform
This command will update eclipse-platform to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove eclipse-platform, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update eclipse-platform
This command will update eclipse-platform 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 eclipse-platform when using the -y flag.
yum info eclipse-platform
This command will show you core information about the eclipse-platform package.
yum deplist eclipse-platform
This command will show you the dependencies for eclipse-platform. 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 eclipse-platform
This command will check if there is an update waiting on eclipse-platform. 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.