Information about the package, gnome-packagekit-extra, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gnome-packagekit-extra package is designed for, Session applications to manage packages (extra bits).
Package Name:
gnome-packagekit-extra
Summary:
Session applications to manage packages (extra bits)
Description:
Extra GNOME applications for using PackageKit that are not normally needed.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.28.3
Release:
10.el6
Size:
87 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gnome-packagekit-extra package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gnome-packagekit-extra
This command will install gnome-packagekit-extra on the server.
yum remove gnome-packagekit-extra
This command will un-install gnome-packagekit-extra on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-packagekit-extra, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gnome-packagekit-extra
This command will un-install gnome-packagekit-extra 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 gnome-packagekit-extra when using the -y flag.
yum update gnome-packagekit-extra
This command will update gnome-packagekit-extra to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-packagekit-extra, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gnome-packagekit-extra
This command will update gnome-packagekit-extra 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 gnome-packagekit-extra when using the -y flag.
yum info gnome-packagekit-extra
This command will show you core information about the gnome-packagekit-extra package.
yum deplist gnome-packagekit-extra
This command will show you the dependencies for gnome-packagekit-extra. 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 gnome-packagekit-extra
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gnome-packagekit-extra. 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.