Information about the package, emacs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The emacs package is designed for, GNU Emacs text editor.
Package Name:
emacs
Summary:
GNU Emacs text editor
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 provides an emacs binary with support for X windows.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
23.1
Release:
28.el6
Size:
2.2 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the emacs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install emacs
This command will install emacs on the server.
yum remove emacs
This command will un-install emacs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove emacs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove emacs
This command will un-install emacs 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update emacs
This command will update emacs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove emacs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update emacs
This command will update emacs 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info emacs
This command will show you core information about the emacs package.
yum deplist emacs
This command will show you the dependencies for emacs. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on emacs. 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.