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yourls


Information about the package, yourls, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yourls package is designed for, Your Own URL Shortener.


Package Name:

yourls

Summary:

Your Own URL Shortener

Description:

YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL shortening service (a la TinyURL). You can make it private or public, you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

1.7.1

Release:

1.el6

Size:

1.5 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+ and LGPLv2+ and (MIT or GPLv2)



Handy Yum Commands for yourls


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install yourls

This command will install yourls on the server.

yum remove yourls

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

yum -y remove yourls

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

yum update yourls

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

yum -y update yourls

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

yum info yourls

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

yum deplist yourls

This command will show you the dependencies for yourls. 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 yourls

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