Information about the package, libutempter, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libutempter package is designed for, A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates.
Package Name:
libutempter
Summary:
A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates
Description:
This library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.5
Release:
4.1.el6
Size:
40 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the libutempter package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libutempter
This command will install libutempter on the server.
yum remove libutempter
This command will un-install libutempter on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libutempter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libutempter
This command will un-install libutempter 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 libutempter when using the -y flag.
yum update libutempter
This command will update libutempter to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libutempter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libutempter
This command will update libutempter 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 libutempter when using the -y flag.
yum info libutempter
This command will show you core information about the libutempter package.
yum deplist libutempter
This command will show you the dependencies for libutempter. 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 libutempter
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libutempter. 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.