Information about the package, mercurial, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mercurial package is designed for, A fast, lightweight distributed source control management system.
Package Name:
mercurial
Summary:
A fast, lightweight distributed source control management system
Description:
Mercurial is a fast, lightweight source control management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects. Quick start: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/QuickStart Tutorial: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/Tutorial Extensions: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/CategoryExtension
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4
Release:
5.el6_9
Size:
7.1 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the mercurial package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mercurial
This command will install mercurial on the server.
yum remove mercurial
This command will un-install mercurial on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mercurial, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mercurial
This command will un-install mercurial 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 mercurial when using the -y flag.
yum update mercurial
This command will update mercurial to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mercurial, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mercurial
This command will update mercurial 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 mercurial when using the -y flag.
yum info mercurial
This command will show you core information about the mercurial package.
yum deplist mercurial
This command will show you the dependencies for mercurial. 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 mercurial
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mercurial. 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.