Information about the package, xvarstar, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xvarstar package is designed for, Astronomical program used for searching GCVS.
Package Name:
xvarstar
Summary:
Astronomical program used for searching GCVS
Description:
XVarStar is a astronomical program written for variable star observers, and is used for searching GCVS catalogue. It allows searching by following criteria: -star name -magnitude -type -constellation -amplitude -This searching criteria can be combined so one can search for example all variable stars located in Andromeda constellation and with magnitude brighter than 5.00.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9
Release:
7.el6
Size:
886 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the xvarstar package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xvarstar
This command will install xvarstar on the server.
yum remove xvarstar
This command will un-install xvarstar on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xvarstar, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xvarstar
This command will un-install xvarstar 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 xvarstar when using the -y flag.
yum update xvarstar
This command will update xvarstar to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xvarstar, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xvarstar
This command will update xvarstar 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 xvarstar when using the -y flag.
yum info xvarstar
This command will show you core information about the xvarstar package.
yum deplist xvarstar
This command will show you the dependencies for xvarstar. 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 xvarstar
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xvarstar. 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.