Information about the package, gnome-packagekit, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gnome-packagekit package is designed for, Session applications to manage packages.
Package Name:
gnome-packagekit
Summary:
Session applications to manage packages
Description:
gnome-packagekit provides session applications for the PackageKit API. There are several utilities designed for installing, updating and removing packages on your system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.28.3
Release:
10.el6
Size:
2.5 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the gnome-packagekit package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gnome-packagekit
This command will install gnome-packagekit on the server.
yum remove gnome-packagekit
This command will un-install gnome-packagekit on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-packagekit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gnome-packagekit
This command will un-install gnome-packagekit 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update gnome-packagekit
This command will update gnome-packagekit to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-packagekit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gnome-packagekit
This command will update gnome-packagekit 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info gnome-packagekit
This command will show you core information about the gnome-packagekit package.
yum deplist gnome-packagekit
This command will show you the dependencies for gnome-packagekit. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gnome-packagekit. 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.