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yum-plugin-protectbase


Information about the package, yum-plugin-protectbase, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yum-plugin-protectbase package is designed for, Yum plugin to protect packages from certain repositories..


Package Name:

yum-plugin-protectbase

Summary:

Yum plugin to protect packages from certain repositories.

Description:

This plugin allows certain repositories to be protected. Packages in the protected repositories can't be overridden by packages in non-protected repositories even if the non-protected repo has a later version.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

1.1.30

Release:

40.el6

Size:

26 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for yum-plugin-protectbase


Control the yum-plugin-protectbase package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install yum-plugin-protectbase

This command will install yum-plugin-protectbase on the server.

yum remove yum-plugin-protectbase

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

yum -y remove yum-plugin-protectbase

This command will un-install yum-plugin-protectbase 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 yum-plugin-protectbase when using the -y flag.

yum update yum-plugin-protectbase

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

yum -y update yum-plugin-protectbase

This command will update yum-plugin-protectbase 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 yum-plugin-protectbase when using the -y flag.

yum info yum-plugin-protectbase

This command will show you core information about the yum-plugin-protectbase package.

yum deplist yum-plugin-protectbase

This command will show you the dependencies for yum-plugin-protectbase. 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 yum-plugin-protectbase

This command will check if there is an update waiting on yum-plugin-protectbase. 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.