Information about the package, ecj, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ecj package is designed for, Eclipse Compiler for Java.
Package Name:
ecj
Summary:
Eclipse Compiler for Java
Description:
ECJ is the Java bytecode compiler of the Eclipse Platform. It is also known as the JDT Core batch compiler.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.5.2
Release:
3.el6
Size:
10 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
EPL
Control the ecj package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ecj
This command will install ecj on the server.
yum remove ecj
This command will un-install ecj on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ecj, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ecj
This command will un-install ecj 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 ecj when using the -y flag.
yum update ecj
This command will update ecj to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ecj, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ecj
This command will update ecj 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 ecj when using the -y flag.
yum info ecj
This command will show you core information about the ecj package.
yum deplist ecj
This command will show you the dependencies for ecj. 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 ecj
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ecj. 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.