Information about the package, flexiport, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The flexiport package is designed for, Flexible communications library.
Package Name:
flexiport
Summary:
Flexible communications library
Description:
Flexiport provides a consistent interface for communicating over a range of data port types. Currently serial (including serial-over-USB), TCP and UDP ports are supported. Logging is supported which allows communications sessions to be played back at a later date without the original hardware present.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.0
Release:
2.20120701git1b6103d.el6
Size:
92 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv3
Control the flexiport package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install flexiport
This command will install flexiport on the server.
yum remove flexiport
This command will un-install flexiport on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove flexiport, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove flexiport
This command will un-install flexiport 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 flexiport when using the -y flag.
yum update flexiport
This command will update flexiport to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove flexiport, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update flexiport
This command will update flexiport 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 flexiport when using the -y flag.
yum info flexiport
This command will show you core information about the flexiport package.
yum deplist flexiport
This command will show you the dependencies for flexiport. 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 flexiport
This command will check if there is an update waiting on flexiport. 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.