Information about the package, mlocate, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mlocate package is designed for, An utility for finding files by name.
Package Name:
mlocate
Summary:
An utility for finding files by name
Description:
mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. It keeps a database of all existing files and allows you to lookup files by name. The 'm' stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the system caches as much as traditional locate implementations.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.22.2
Release:
6.el6
Size:
86 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the mlocate package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mlocate
This command will install mlocate on the server.
yum remove mlocate
This command will un-install mlocate on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mlocate, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mlocate
This command will un-install mlocate 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 mlocate when using the -y flag.
yum update mlocate
This command will update mlocate to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mlocate, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mlocate
This command will update mlocate 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 mlocate when using the -y flag.
yum info mlocate
This command will show you core information about the mlocate package.
yum deplist mlocate
This command will show you the dependencies for mlocate. 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 mlocate
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mlocate. 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.