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edac-utils


Information about the package, edac-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The edac-utils package is designed for, Userspace helper for kernel EDAC drivers.


Package Name:

edac-utils

Summary:

Userspace helper for kernel EDAC drivers

Description:

EDAC is the current set of drivers in the Linux kernel that handle detection of ECC errors from memory controllers for most chipsets on i386 and x86_64 architectures. This userspace component consists of an init script which makes sure EDAC drivers and DIMM labels are loaded at system startup, as well as a library and utility for reporting current error counts from the EDAC sysfs files.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.9

Release:

16.el6

Size:

41 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for edac-utils


Control the edac-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install edac-utils

This command will install edac-utils on the server.

yum remove edac-utils

This command will un-install edac-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove edac-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove edac-utils

This command will un-install edac-utils 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 edac-utils when using the -y flag.

yum update edac-utils

This command will update edac-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove edac-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update edac-utils

This command will update edac-utils 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 edac-utils when using the -y flag.

yum info edac-utils

This command will show you core information about the edac-utils package.

yum deplist edac-utils

This command will show you the dependencies for edac-utils. 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 edac-utils

This command will check if there is an update waiting on edac-utils. 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.