putty

Package Name:

putty

Summary:

SSH, Telnet and Rlogin client

URL:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Description:

Putty is a SSH, Telnet & Rlogin client - this time for Linux.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.70

Release:

1.el6

Size:

1.4 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

MIT

Command

Description of Command

yum install putty

This command will install putty on the server.

yum remove putty

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

yum -y remove putty

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

yum update putty

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

yum -y update putty

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

yum info putty

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

yum deplist putty

This command will show you the dependencies for putty. 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 putty

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

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