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freight


Information about the package, freight, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The freight package is designed for, A modern take on the Debian archive.


Package Name:

freight

Summary:

A modern take on the Debian archive

Description:

freight programs create the files needed to serve a Debian archive. The actual serving is done via your favorite HTTP server.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

0.3.5

Release:

7.el6

Size:

21 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for freight


Control the freight package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install freight

This command will install freight on the server.

yum remove freight

This command will un-install freight on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freight, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove freight

This command will un-install freight 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 freight when using the -y flag.

yum update freight

This command will update freight to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freight, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update freight

This command will update freight 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 freight when using the -y flag.

yum info freight

This command will show you core information about the freight package.

yum deplist freight

This command will show you the dependencies for freight. 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 freight

This command will check if there is an update waiting on freight. 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.