Information about the package, freehoo, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The freehoo package is designed for, Freehoo is a free console based messenger for Yahoo IM Service.
Package Name:
freehoo
Summary:
Freehoo is a free console based messenger for Yahoo IM Service
Description:
This is a simple Yahoo Messenger client that requires no windowing system, and it therefore can be quite useful in situations where a minimal system is being used or when a windowing system is otherwise unavailable or unfeasible.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.5.3
Release:
5.20100314cvs.el6
Size:
90 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the freehoo package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install freehoo
This command will install freehoo on the server.
yum remove freehoo
This command will un-install freehoo on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freehoo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove freehoo
This command will un-install freehoo 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 freehoo when using the -y flag.
yum update freehoo
This command will update freehoo to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freehoo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update freehoo
This command will update freehoo 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 freehoo when using the -y flag.
yum info freehoo
This command will show you core information about the freehoo package.
yum deplist freehoo
This command will show you the dependencies for freehoo. 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 freehoo
This command will check if there is an update waiting on freehoo. 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.