Information about the package, tcputils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tcputils package is designed for, Utilities for TCP programming in shell-scripts.
Package Name:
tcputils
Summary:
Utilities for TCP programming in shell-scripts
Description:
This is a collection of programs to facilitate TCP programming in shell-scripts. There is also a small library which makes it somewhat easier to create TCP/IP sockets.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.6.2
Release:
6.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the tcputils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tcputils
This command will install tcputils on the server.
yum remove tcputils
This command will un-install tcputils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcputils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tcputils
This command will un-install tcputils 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 tcputils when using the -y flag.
yum update tcputils
This command will update tcputils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcputils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tcputils
This command will update tcputils 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 tcputils when using the -y flag.
yum info tcputils
This command will show you core information about the tcputils package.
yum deplist tcputils
This command will show you the dependencies for tcputils. 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 tcputils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tcputils. 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.