Information about the package, extundelete, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The extundelete package is designed for, An ext3 and ext4 file system undeletion utility.
Package Name:
extundelete
Summary:
An ext3 and ext4 file system undeletion utility
Description:
extundelete is a utility that can recover deleted files from an ext3 or ext4 partition. extundelete uses the information stored in the partition's journal to attempt to recover a file that has been deleted from the partition. There is no guarantee that any particular file will be able to be undeleted, so always try to have a good backup system in place, or at least put one in place after recovering your files!
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.2.4
Release:
6.el6
Size:
60 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the extundelete package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install extundelete
This command will install extundelete on the server.
yum remove extundelete
This command will un-install extundelete on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove extundelete, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove extundelete
This command will un-install extundelete 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 extundelete when using the -y flag.
yum update extundelete
This command will update extundelete to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove extundelete, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update extundelete
This command will update extundelete 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 extundelete when using the -y flag.
yum info extundelete
This command will show you core information about the extundelete package.
yum deplist extundelete
This command will show you the dependencies for extundelete. 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 extundelete
This command will check if there is an update waiting on extundelete. 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.