Information about the package, gitk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gitk package is designed for, Git revision tree visualiser.
Package Name:
gitk
Summary:
Git revision tree visualiser
URL:
Description:
Git revision tree visualiser.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.7.1
Release:
9.el6_9
Size:
537 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the gitk package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gitk
This command will install gitk on the server.
yum remove gitk
This command will un-install gitk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gitk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gitk
This command will un-install gitk 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 gitk when using the -y flag.
yum update gitk
This command will update gitk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gitk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gitk
This command will update gitk 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 gitk when using the -y flag.
yum info gitk
This command will show you core information about the gitk package.
yum deplist gitk
This command will show you the dependencies for gitk. 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 gitk
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gitk. 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.