Information about the package, postgis-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The postgis-utils package is designed for, The utils for PostGIS.
Package Name:
postgis-utils
Summary:
The utils for PostGIS
Description:
The postgis-utils package provides the utilities for PostGIS.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the postgis-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install postgis-utils
This command will install postgis-utils on the server.
yum remove postgis-utils
This command will un-install postgis-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove postgis-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove postgis-utils
This command will un-install postgis-utils 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 postgis-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update postgis-utils
This command will update postgis-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove postgis-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update postgis-utils
This command will update postgis-utils 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 postgis-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info postgis-utils
This command will show you core information about the postgis-utils package.
yum deplist postgis-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for postgis-utils. 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 postgis-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on postgis-utils. 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.