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vile


Information about the package, vile, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vile package is designed for, VI Like Emacs.


Package Name:

vile

Summary:

VI Like Emacs

Description:

vile is a text editor which is extremely compatible with vi in terms of "finger feel". In addition, it has extended capabilities in many areas, notably multi-file editing and viewing, syntax highlighting, and key rebinding.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

9.8q

Release:

2.el6

Size:

359 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for vile


Control the vile package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install vile

This command will install vile on the server.

yum remove vile

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

yum -y remove vile

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

yum update vile

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

yum -y update vile

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

yum info vile

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

yum deplist vile

This command will show you the dependencies for vile. 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 vile

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