Information about the package, uucp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The uucp package is designed for, A set of utilities for operations between systems.
Package Name:
uucp
Summary:
A set of utilities for operations between systems
Description:
The uucp command copies files between systems. Uucp is primarily used by remote machines downloading and uploading email and news files to local machines.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.07
Release:
25.el6
Size:
696 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the uucp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install uucp
This command will install uucp on the server.
yum remove uucp
This command will un-install uucp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove uucp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove uucp
This command will un-install uucp 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 uucp when using the -y flag.
yum update uucp
This command will update uucp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove uucp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update uucp
This command will update uucp 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 uucp when using the -y flag.
yum info uucp
This command will show you core information about the uucp package.
yum deplist uucp
This command will show you the dependencies for uucp. 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 uucp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on uucp. 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.