Information about the package, symlinks, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The symlinks package is designed for, A utility which maintains a system's symbolic links.
Package Name:
symlinks
Summary:
A utility which maintains a system's symbolic links
Description:
The symlinks utility performs maintenance on symbolic links. Symlinks checks for symlink problems, including dangling symlinks which point to nonexistent files. Symlinks can also automatically convert absolute symlinks to relative symlinks. Install the symlinks package if you need a program for maintaining symlinks on your system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4
Release:
2.1.el6
Size:
14 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Copyright only
Control the symlinks package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install symlinks
This command will install symlinks on the server.
yum remove symlinks
This command will un-install symlinks on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove symlinks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove symlinks
This command will un-install symlinks 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 symlinks when using the -y flag.
yum update symlinks
This command will update symlinks to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove symlinks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update symlinks
This command will update symlinks 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 symlinks when using the -y flag.
yum info symlinks
This command will show you core information about the symlinks package.
yum deplist symlinks
This command will show you the dependencies for symlinks. 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 symlinks
This command will check if there is an update waiting on symlinks. 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.