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kvirc


Information about the package, kvirc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kvirc package is designed for, Free portable IRC client.


Package Name:

kvirc

Summary:

Free portable IRC client

Description:

KVIrc is a free portable IRC client based on the excellent Qt GUI toolkit. KVirc is being written by Szymon Stefanek and the KVIrc Development Team with the contribution of many IRC addicted developers around the world.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.2.0

Release:

3.el6

Size:

5.4 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+ with exceptions



Handy Yum Commands for kvirc


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install kvirc

This command will install kvirc on the server.

yum remove kvirc

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

yum -y remove kvirc

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

yum update kvirc

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

yum -y update kvirc

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

yum info kvirc

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

yum deplist kvirc

This command will show you the dependencies for kvirc. 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 kvirc

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