Information about the package, hal, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hal package is designed for, Hardware Abstraction Layer.
Package Name:
hal
Summary:
Hardware Abstraction Layer
Description:
HAL is a daemon for collecting and maintaining information from several sources about the hardware on the system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5.14
Release:
14.el6
Size:
375 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
AFL or GPLv2
Control the hal package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hal
This command will install hal on the server.
yum remove hal
This command will un-install hal on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hal, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hal
This command will un-install hal 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 hal when using the -y flag.
yum update hal
This command will update hal to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hal, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hal
This command will update hal 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 hal when using the -y flag.
yum info hal
This command will show you core information about the hal package.
yum deplist hal
This command will show you the dependencies for hal. 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 hal
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hal. 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.