Information about the package, emacs-nox, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The emacs-nox package is designed for, GNU Emacs text editor without X support.
Package Name:
emacs-nox
Summary:
GNU Emacs text editor without X support
Description:
Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting, modeless text editor. Emacs contains special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read mail, news, and more without leaving the editor. This package provides an emacs binary with no X windows support for running on a terminal.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
23.1
Release:
28.el6
Size:
9.9 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the emacs-nox package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install emacs-nox
This command will install emacs-nox on the server.
yum remove emacs-nox
This command will un-install emacs-nox on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove emacs-nox, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove emacs-nox
This command will un-install emacs-nox 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 emacs-nox when using the -y flag.
yum update emacs-nox
This command will update emacs-nox to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove emacs-nox, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update emacs-nox
This command will update emacs-nox 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 emacs-nox when using the -y flag.
yum info emacs-nox
This command will show you core information about the emacs-nox package.
yum deplist emacs-nox
This command will show you the dependencies for emacs-nox. 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 emacs-nox
This command will check if there is an update waiting on emacs-nox. 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.