Information about the package, freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The freeipmi-bmc-watchdog package is designed for, IPMI BMC watchdog.
Package Name:
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
Summary:
IPMI BMC watchdog
Description:
Provides a watchdog daemon for OS monitoring and recovery.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.1
Release:
10.el6
Size:
66 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the freeipmi-bmc-watchdog package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
This command will install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on the server.
yum remove freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
This command will un-install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
This command will un-install freeipmi-bmc-watchdog 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 freeipmi-bmc-watchdog when using the -y flag.
yum update freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
This command will update freeipmi-bmc-watchdog to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
This command will update freeipmi-bmc-watchdog 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 freeipmi-bmc-watchdog when using the -y flag.
yum info freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
This command will show you core information about the freeipmi-bmc-watchdog package.
yum deplist freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
This command will show you the dependencies for freeipmi-bmc-watchdog. 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 freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
This command will check if there is an update waiting on freeipmi-bmc-watchdog. 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.