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Zim


Information about the package, Zim, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The Zim package is designed for, Desktop wiki & notekeeper.


Package Name:

Zim

Summary:

Desktop wiki & notekeeper

Description:

Zim is a WYSIWYG text editor written in PyGTK which aims to bring the concept of a wiki to your desktop. Every page is saved as a text file with wiki markup. Pages can contain links to other pages, and are saved automatically. Creating a new page is as easy as linking to a non-existing page. Pages are ordered in a hierarchical structure that gives it the look and feel of an outliner. This tool is intended to keep track of TODO lists or to serve as a personal scratch book.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0.62

Release:

2.el6

Size:

1.6 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+ and LGPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for Zim


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install Zim

This command will install Zim on the server.

yum remove Zim

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

yum -y remove Zim

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

yum update Zim

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

yum -y update Zim

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

yum info Zim

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

yum deplist Zim

This command will show you the dependencies for Zim. 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 Zim

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