Information about the package, yum-plugin-replace, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yum-plugin-replace package is designed for, Package Replacement Plugin for Yum.
Package Name:
yum-plugin-replace
Summary:
Package Replacement Plugin for Yum
Description:
This plugin enables the ability to replace an installed package, with another package that provides the same thing. It was developed specifically for the IUS Community Project whose packages have alternative names as to not automatically upgrade stock packages. They also do not Obsolete the packages they provide, therefore making upgrading a little bit more tedious. For example upgrading 'mysql' to 'mysql50' or 'mysql51' requires first uninstalling 'mysql' and then installing the alternate package name.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.2.7
Release:
1.ius.el6
Size:
17 k
Repository:
ius
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL
Control the yum-plugin-replace package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install yum-plugin-replace
This command will install yum-plugin-replace on the server.
yum remove yum-plugin-replace
This command will un-install yum-plugin-replace on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-plugin-replace, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove yum-plugin-replace
This command will un-install yum-plugin-replace 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 yum-plugin-replace when using the -y flag.
yum update yum-plugin-replace
This command will update yum-plugin-replace to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-plugin-replace, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update yum-plugin-replace
This command will update yum-plugin-replace 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 yum-plugin-replace when using the -y flag.
yum info yum-plugin-replace
This command will show you core information about the yum-plugin-replace package.
yum deplist yum-plugin-replace
This command will show you the dependencies for yum-plugin-replace. 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 yum-plugin-replace
This command will check if there is an update waiting on yum-plugin-replace. 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.