Information about the package, gdisk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gdisk package is designed for, An fdisk-like partitioning tool for GPT disks.
Package Name:
gdisk
Summary:
An fdisk-like partitioning tool for GPT disks
Description:
An fdisk-like partitioning tool for GPT disks. GPT fdisk features a command-line interface, fairly direct manipulation of partition table structures, recovery tools to help you deal with corrupt partition tables, and the ability to convert MBR disks to GPT format.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.8.10
Release:
1.el6
Size:
167 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the gdisk package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gdisk
This command will install gdisk on the server.
yum remove gdisk
This command will un-install gdisk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gdisk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gdisk
This command will un-install gdisk 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 gdisk when using the -y flag.
yum update gdisk
This command will update gdisk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gdisk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gdisk
This command will update gdisk 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 gdisk when using the -y flag.
yum info gdisk
This command will show you core information about the gdisk package.
yum deplist gdisk
This command will show you the dependencies for gdisk. 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 gdisk
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gdisk. 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.