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gvfs


Information about the package, gvfs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gvfs package is designed for, Backends for the gio framework in GLib.


Package Name:

gvfs

Summary:

Backends for the gio framework in GLib

Description:

The gvfs package provides backend implementations for the gio framework in GLib. It includes ftp, sftp, cifs.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.4.3

Release:

27.el6

Size:

911 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for gvfs


Control the gvfs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install gvfs

This command will install gvfs on the server.

yum remove gvfs

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

yum -y remove gvfs

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

yum update gvfs

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

yum -y update gvfs

This command will update gvfs 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 gvfs when using the -y flag.

yum info gvfs

This command will show you core information about the gvfs package.

yum deplist gvfs

This command will show you the dependencies for gvfs. 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 gvfs

This command will check if there is an update waiting on gvfs. 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.