Information about the package, wicd-common, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The wicd-common package is designed for, Wicd common files.
Package Name:
wicd-common
Summary:
Wicd common files
Description:
This package provides the main wicd daemon and the wicd-cli front-end.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.7.0
Release:
6.el6
Size:
287 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the wicd-common package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install wicd-common
This command will install wicd-common on the server.
yum remove wicd-common
This command will un-install wicd-common on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wicd-common, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove wicd-common
This command will un-install wicd-common 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 wicd-common when using the -y flag.
yum update wicd-common
This command will update wicd-common to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wicd-common, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update wicd-common
This command will update wicd-common 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 wicd-common when using the -y flag.
yum info wicd-common
This command will show you core information about the wicd-common package.
yum deplist wicd-common
This command will show you the dependencies for wicd-common. 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 wicd-common
This command will check if there is an update waiting on wicd-common. 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.