Information about the package, shtool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The shtool package is designed for, Portable shell tool.
Package Name:
shtool
Summary:
Portable shell tool
Description:
GNU shtool is a compilation of small but very stable and portable shell scripts into a single shell tool. All ingredients were in successful use over many years in various free software projects. The compiled shtool program is intended to be used inside the source tree of other free software packages. There it can overtake various (usually non-portable) tasks related to the building and installation of such a package. It especially can replace the old mkdir.sh, install.sh and related scripts.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.0.8
Release:
11.el6
Size:
146 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the shtool package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install shtool
This command will install shtool on the server.
yum remove shtool
This command will un-install shtool on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove shtool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove shtool
This command will un-install shtool 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 shtool when using the -y flag.
yum update shtool
This command will update shtool to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove shtool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update shtool
This command will update shtool 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 shtool when using the -y flag.
yum info shtool
This command will show you core information about the shtool package.
yum deplist shtool
This command will show you the dependencies for shtool. 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 shtool
This command will check if there is an update waiting on shtool. 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.