Information about the package, debootstrap, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The debootstrap package is designed for, Debian GNU/Linux bootstrapper.
Package Name:
debootstrap
Summary:
Debian GNU/Linux bootstrapper
Description:
debootstrap is used to create a Debian base system from scratch, without requiring the availability of dpkg or apt. It does this by downloading .deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into. This might be often useful coupled with virtualization techniques to run Debian GNU/Linux guest system.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.0.97
Release:
1.el6
Size:
81 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the debootstrap package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install debootstrap
This command will install debootstrap on the server.
yum remove debootstrap
This command will un-install debootstrap on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove debootstrap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove debootstrap
This command will un-install debootstrap 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 debootstrap when using the -y flag.
yum update debootstrap
This command will update debootstrap to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove debootstrap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update debootstrap
This command will update debootstrap 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 debootstrap when using the -y flag.
yum info debootstrap
This command will show you core information about the debootstrap package.
yum deplist debootstrap
This command will show you the dependencies for debootstrap. 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 debootstrap
This command will check if there is an update waiting on debootstrap. 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.