Information about the package, finger, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The finger package is designed for, The finger client.
Package Name:
finger
Summary:
The finger client
Description:
Finger is a utility which allows users to see information about system users (login name, home directory, name, how long they've been logged in to the system, etc.). The finger package includes a standard finger client. You should install finger if you'd like to retrieve finger information from other systems.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.17
Release:
40.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the finger package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install finger
This command will install finger on the server.
yum remove finger
This command will un-install finger on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove finger, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove finger
This command will un-install finger 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 finger when using the -y flag.
yum update finger
This command will update finger to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove finger, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update finger
This command will update finger 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 finger when using the -y flag.
yum info finger
This command will show you core information about the finger package.
yum deplist finger
This command will show you the dependencies for finger. 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 finger
This command will check if there is an update waiting on finger. 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.