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gnome-terminal


Information about the package, gnome-terminal, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gnome-terminal package is designed for, Terminal emulator for GNOME.


Package Name:

gnome-terminal

Summary:

Terminal emulator for GNOME

Description:

gnome-terminal is a terminal emulator for GNOME. It supports translucent backgrounds, opening multiple terminals in a single window (tabs) and clickable URLs.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.31.3

Release:

11.el6_6

Size:

1.4 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+ and GFDL



Handy Yum Commands for gnome-terminal


Control the gnome-terminal package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install gnome-terminal

This command will install gnome-terminal on the server.

yum remove gnome-terminal

This command will un-install gnome-terminal on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-terminal, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove gnome-terminal

This command will un-install gnome-terminal 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-terminal when using the -y flag.

yum update gnome-terminal

This command will update gnome-terminal to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gnome-terminal, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update gnome-terminal

This command will update gnome-terminal 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-terminal when using the -y flag.

yum info gnome-terminal

This command will show you core information about the gnome-terminal package.

yum deplist gnome-terminal

This command will show you the dependencies for gnome-terminal. 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-terminal

This command will check if there is an update waiting on gnome-terminal. 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.