Information about the package, jday, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The jday package is designed for, A simple command to convert calendar dates to julian dates.
Package Name:
jday
Summary:
A simple command to convert calendar dates to julian dates
Description:
A simple command to convert calendar dates to julian dates. Quite useful in timing situations where you need elapsed time between dates. Also useful for astronomy applications.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4
Release:
5.el6
Size:
18 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the jday package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install jday
This command will install jday on the server.
yum remove jday
This command will un-install jday on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jday, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove jday
This command will un-install jday 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 jday when using the -y flag.
yum update jday
This command will update jday to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jday, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update jday
This command will update jday 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 jday when using the -y flag.
yum info jday
This command will show you core information about the jday package.
yum deplist jday
This command will show you the dependencies for jday. 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 jday
This command will check if there is an update waiting on jday. 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.