Information about the package, eggdrop, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The eggdrop package is designed for, The world's most popular Open Source IRC bot.
Package Name:
eggdrop
Summary:
The world's most popular Open Source IRC bot
Description:
Eggdrop is the world's most popular Open Source IRC bot, designed for flexibility and ease of use. It is extendable with Tcl scripts and/or C modules, has support for the big five IRC networks and is able to form botnets, share partylines and userfiles between bots.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6.21
Release:
2.el6
Size:
725 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the eggdrop package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install eggdrop
This command will install eggdrop on the server.
yum remove eggdrop
This command will un-install eggdrop on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove eggdrop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove eggdrop
This command will un-install eggdrop 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 eggdrop when using the -y flag.
yum update eggdrop
This command will update eggdrop to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove eggdrop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update eggdrop
This command will update eggdrop 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 eggdrop when using the -y flag.
yum info eggdrop
This command will show you core information about the eggdrop package.
yum deplist eggdrop
This command will show you the dependencies for eggdrop. 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 eggdrop
This command will check if there is an update waiting on eggdrop. 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.