Information about the package, fakechroot, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fakechroot package is designed for, Gives a fake chroot environment.
Package Name:
fakechroot
Summary:
Gives a fake chroot environment
Description:
fakechroot runs a command in an environment were is additionally possible to use the chroot(8) call without root privileges. This is useful for allowing users to create their own chrooted environment with possibility to install another packages without need for root privileges.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.9
Release:
24.5.el6_1.1
Size:
23 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the fakechroot package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fakechroot
This command will install fakechroot on the server.
yum remove fakechroot
This command will un-install fakechroot on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fakechroot, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fakechroot
This command will un-install fakechroot 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 fakechroot when using the -y flag.
yum update fakechroot
This command will update fakechroot to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fakechroot, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fakechroot
This command will update fakechroot 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 fakechroot when using the -y flag.
yum info fakechroot
This command will show you core information about the fakechroot package.
yum deplist fakechroot
This command will show you the dependencies for fakechroot. 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 fakechroot
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fakechroot. 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.