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mirrorbrain


Information about the package, mirrorbrain, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mirrorbrain package is designed for, A download redirector and metalink generator.


Package Name:

mirrorbrain

Summary:

A download redirector and metalink generator

Description:

This apache module redirects clients to mirror servers, using an SQL backend, and generates metalinks.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.18.1

Release:

2.el6

Size:

21 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

ASL 2.0 and GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for mirrorbrain


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install mirrorbrain

This command will install mirrorbrain on the server.

yum remove mirrorbrain

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

yum -y remove mirrorbrain

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

yum update mirrorbrain

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

yum -y update mirrorbrain

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

yum info mirrorbrain

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

yum deplist mirrorbrain

This command will show you the dependencies for mirrorbrain. 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 mirrorbrain

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