Information about the package, sed, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sed package is designed for, A GNU stream text editor.
Package Name:
sed
Summary:
A GNU stream text editor
Description:
The sed (Stream EDitor) editor is a stream or batch (non-interactive) editor. Sed takes text as input, performs an operation or set of operations on the text and outputs the modified text. The operations that sed performs (substitutions, deletions, insertions, etc.) can be specified in a script file or from the command line.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.2.1
Release:
10.el6
Size:
530 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the sed package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sed
This command will install sed on the server.
yum remove sed
This command will un-install sed on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sed, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sed
This command will un-install sed 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 sed when using the -y flag.
yum update sed
This command will update sed to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sed, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sed
This command will update sed 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 sed when using the -y flag.
yum info sed
This command will show you core information about the sed package.
yum deplist sed
This command will show you the dependencies for sed. 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 sed
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sed. 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.