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golly


Information about the package, golly, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The golly package is designed for, Cellular automata simulator (includes Conway's Game of Life).


Package Name:

golly

Summary:

Cellular automata simulator (includes Conway's Game of Life)

Description:

Golly is an open source application for exploring Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata. Golly supports unbounded universes with up to 256 states. Golly supports multiple algorithms, including Bill Gosper's super fast hashlife algorithm. Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumann's 29-state CA, Wolfram's 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langton's Loops, Paterson's Worms, etc.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.3

Release:

3.el6

Size:

2.5 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+ and CC-BY-SA



Handy Yum Commands for golly


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install golly

This command will install golly on the server.

yum remove golly

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

yum -y remove golly

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

yum update golly

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

yum -y update golly

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

yum info golly

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

yum deplist golly

This command will show you the dependencies for golly. 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 golly

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