Information about the package, dash, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dash package is designed for, Small and fast POSIX-compliant shell.
Package Name:
dash
Summary:
Small and fast POSIX-compliant shell
Description:
DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as possible. It does this without sacrificing speed where possible. In fact, it is significantly faster than bash (the GNU Bourne-Again SHell) for most tasks.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5.5.1
Release:
4.el6
Size:
124 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
BSD
Control the dash package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dash
This command will install dash on the server.
yum remove dash
This command will un-install dash on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dash, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dash
This command will un-install dash 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 dash when using the -y flag.
yum update dash
This command will update dash to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dash, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dash
This command will update dash 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 dash when using the -y flag.
yum info dash
This command will show you core information about the dash package.
yum deplist dash
This command will show you the dependencies for dash. 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 dash
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dash. 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.