Information about the package, ddclient, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ddclient package is designed for, Client to update dynamic DNS host entries.
Package Name:
ddclient
Summary:
Client to update dynamic DNS host entries
Description:
ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on many different dynamic DNS services. Features include: Operating as a daemon, manual and automatic updates, static and dynamic updates, optimized updates for multiple addresses, MX, wildcards, abuse avoidance, retrying the failed updates and sending update status to syslog and through e-mail.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
3.8.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
60 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the ddclient package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ddclient
This command will install ddclient on the server.
yum remove ddclient
This command will un-install ddclient on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ddclient, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ddclient
This command will un-install ddclient 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 ddclient when using the -y flag.
yum update ddclient
This command will update ddclient to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ddclient, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ddclient
This command will update ddclient 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 ddclient when using the -y flag.
yum info ddclient
This command will show you core information about the ddclient package.
yum deplist ddclient
This command will show you the dependencies for ddclient. 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 ddclient
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ddclient. 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.