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askbot


Information about the package, askbot, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The askbot package is designed for, Question and Answer forum.


Package Name:

askbot

Summary:

Question and Answer forum

Description:

Question and answer forum written in python and django. Features: * standard Q&A functionality including votes, reputation system, etc. * user levels: admin, moderator, regular, suspended, blocked * per-user in-box for responses & flagged items (for moderators) * email alerts - instant and delayed, optionally tag filtered * search by full text and a set of tags simultaneously * can import data from stack-exchange database file

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0.7.51

Release:

4.el6

Size:

5.2 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for askbot


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install askbot

This command will install askbot on the server.

yum remove askbot

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

yum -y remove askbot

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

yum update askbot

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

yum -y update askbot

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

yum info askbot

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

yum deplist askbot

This command will show you the dependencies for askbot. 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 askbot

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