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pidgin-otr


Information about the package, pidgin-otr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pidgin-otr package is designed for, Off-The-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin.


Package Name:

pidgin-otr

Summary:

Off-The-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin

Description:

This is a Pidgin plugin which implements Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging. It is known to work (at least) under the Linux and Windows versions of Pidgin.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.2.1

Release:

1.el6

Size:

83 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for pidgin-otr


Control the pidgin-otr package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install pidgin-otr

This command will install pidgin-otr on the server.

yum remove pidgin-otr

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

yum -y remove pidgin-otr

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

yum update pidgin-otr

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

yum -y update pidgin-otr

This command will update pidgin-otr 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 pidgin-otr when using the -y flag.

yum info pidgin-otr

This command will show you core information about the pidgin-otr package.

yum deplist pidgin-otr

This command will show you the dependencies for pidgin-otr. 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 pidgin-otr

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pidgin-otr. 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.