Information about the package, hercules, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hercules package is designed for, Hercules S/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture emulator.
Package Name:
hercules
Summary:
Hercules S/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture emulator
Description:
Hercules is an emulator for the IBM System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture series of mainframe computers. It is capable of running any IBM operating system and applications that a real system will run, as long as the hardware needed is emulated. Hercules can emulate FBA and CKD DASD, tape, printer, card reader, card punch, channel-to-channel adapter, LCS Ethernet, and printer-keyboard, 3270 terminal, and 3287 printer devices.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.11
Release:
1.el6
Size:
1.7 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
QPL
Control the hercules package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hercules
This command will install hercules on the server.
yum remove hercules
This command will un-install hercules on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hercules, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hercules
This command will un-install hercules 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 hercules when using the -y flag.
yum update hercules
This command will update hercules to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hercules, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hercules
This command will update hercules 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 hercules when using the -y flag.
yum info hercules
This command will show you core information about the hercules package.
yum deplist hercules
This command will show you the dependencies for hercules. 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 hercules
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hercules. 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.