Information about the package, talk-server, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The talk-server package is designed for, The talk server for one-on-one Internet chatting.
Package Name:
talk-server
Summary:
The talk server for one-on-one Internet chatting
URL:
Description:
The talk-server package provides daemon programs for the Internet talk protocol, which allows you to chat with other users on different machines. Talk is a communication program which copies lines from one terminal to the terminal of another user.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.17
Release:
36.el6
Size:
20 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the talk-server package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install talk-server
This command will install talk-server on the server.
yum remove talk-server
This command will un-install talk-server on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove talk-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove talk-server
This command will un-install talk-server 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 talk-server when using the -y flag.
yum update talk-server
This command will update talk-server to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove talk-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update talk-server
This command will update talk-server 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 talk-server when using the -y flag.
yum info talk-server
This command will show you core information about the talk-server package.
yum deplist talk-server
This command will show you the dependencies for talk-server. 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 talk-server
This command will check if there is an update waiting on talk-server. 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.