Information about the package, ack, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ack package is designed for, Grep-like text finder.
Package Name:
ack
Summary:
Grep-like text finder
Description:
Ack is designed as a replacement for grep.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.12
Release:
2.el6
Size:
70 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Artistic 2.0
Control the ack package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ack
This command will install ack on the server.
yum remove ack
This command will un-install ack on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ack, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ack
This command will un-install ack 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 ack when using the -y flag.
yum update ack
This command will update ack to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ack, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ack
This command will update ack 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 ack when using the -y flag.
yum info ack
This command will show you core information about the ack package.
yum deplist ack
This command will show you the dependencies for ack. 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 ack
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ack. 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.