Information about the package, byobu, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The byobu package is designed for, Light-weight, configurable window manager built upon GNU screen.
Package Name:
byobu
Summary:
Light-weight, configurable window manager built upon GNU screen
Description:
Byobu is a Japanese term for decorative, multi-panel screens that serve as folding room dividers. As an open source project, Byobu is an elegant enhancement of the otherwise functional, plain, practical GNU Screen. Byobu includes an enhanced profile and configuration utilities for the GNU screen window manager, such as toggle-able system status notifications.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
5.73
Release:
4.el6
Size:
156 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3
Control the byobu package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install byobu
This command will install byobu on the server.
yum remove byobu
This command will un-install byobu on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove byobu, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove byobu
This command will un-install byobu 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 byobu when using the -y flag.
yum update byobu
This command will update byobu to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove byobu, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update byobu
This command will update byobu 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 byobu when using the -y flag.
yum info byobu
This command will show you core information about the byobu package.
yum deplist byobu
This command will show you the dependencies for byobu. 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 byobu
This command will check if there is an update waiting on byobu. 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.