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yad


Information about the package, yad, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yad package is designed for, Display graphical dialogs from shell scripts or command line.


Package Name:

yad

Summary:

Display graphical dialogs from shell scripts or command line

Description:

Yad (yet another dialog) is a fork of zenity with many improvements, such as custom buttons, additional dialogs, pop-up menu in notification icon and more.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.27.0

Release:

1.el6

Size:

186 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+



Handy Yum Commands for yad


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install yad

This command will install yad on the server.

yum remove yad

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

yum -y remove yad

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

yum update yad

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

yum -y update yad

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

yum info yad

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

yum deplist yad

This command will show you the dependencies for yad. 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 yad

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