Information about the package, evolution, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The evolution package is designed for, Mail and calendar client for GNOME.
Package Name:
evolution
Summary:
Mail and calendar client for GNOME
Description:
Evolution is the GNOME mailer, calendar, contact manager and communications tool. The components which make up Evolution are tightly integrated with one another and act as a seamless personal information-management tool.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.32.3
Release:
37.el6
Size:
9.5 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GFDL
Control the evolution package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install evolution
This command will install evolution on the server.
yum remove evolution
This command will un-install evolution on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove evolution, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove evolution
This command will un-install evolution 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 evolution when using the -y flag.
yum update evolution
This command will update evolution to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove evolution, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update evolution
This command will update evolution 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 evolution when using the -y flag.
yum info evolution
This command will show you core information about the evolution package.
yum deplist evolution
This command will show you the dependencies for evolution. 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 evolution
This command will check if there is an update waiting on evolution. 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.