Information about the package, yum-arch, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yum-arch package is designed for, Extract headers from rpm in a old yum repository.
Package Name:
yum-arch
Summary:
Extract headers from rpm in a old yum repository
Description:
Extract headers from rpm in a old yum repository. This package only provides the old yum-arch command from yum-2.2.2 It should be used to generate repository informations for Fedora Core < 3 and RedHat Enterprise Linux < 4.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.2.2
Release:
9.el6
Size:
331 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the yum-arch package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install yum-arch
This command will install yum-arch on the server.
yum remove yum-arch
This command will un-install yum-arch on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-arch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove yum-arch
This command will un-install yum-arch 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 yum-arch when using the -y flag.
yum update yum-arch
This command will update yum-arch to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-arch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update yum-arch
This command will update yum-arch 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 yum-arch when using the -y flag.
yum info yum-arch
This command will show you core information about the yum-arch package.
yum deplist yum-arch
This command will show you the dependencies for yum-arch. 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 yum-arch
This command will check if there is an update waiting on yum-arch. 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.