Information about the package, grass, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The grass package is designed for, GRASS - Geographic Resources Analysis Support System.
Package Name:
grass
Summary:
GRASS - Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
Description:
GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.4.4
Release:
6.el6
Size:
18 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the grass package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install grass
This command will install grass on the server.
yum remove grass
This command will un-install grass on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove grass, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove grass
This command will un-install grass 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 grass when using the -y flag.
yum update grass
This command will update grass to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove grass, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update grass
This command will update grass 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 grass when using the -y flag.
yum info grass
This command will show you core information about the grass package.
yum deplist grass
This command will show you the dependencies for grass. 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 grass
This command will check if there is an update waiting on grass. 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.