Information about the package, dselect, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dselect package is designed for, Debian package management front-end.
Package Name:
dselect
Summary:
Debian package management front-end
Description:
dselect is a high-level interface for the installation/removal of debs .
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.16.18
Release:
2.el6
Size:
380 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and Public Domain and BSD
Control the dselect package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dselect
This command will install dselect on the server.
yum remove dselect
This command will un-install dselect on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dselect, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dselect
This command will un-install dselect 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 dselect when using the -y flag.
yum update dselect
This command will update dselect to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dselect, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dselect
This command will update dselect 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 dselect when using the -y flag.
yum info dselect
This command will show you core information about the dselect package.
yum deplist dselect
This command will show you the dependencies for dselect. 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 dselect
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dselect. 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.