Information about the package, hdparm, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hdparm package is designed for, A utility for displaying and/or setting hard disk parameters.
Package Name:
hdparm
Summary:
A utility for displaying and/or setting hard disk parameters
Description:
Hdparm is a useful system utility for setting (E)IDE hard drive parameters. For example, hdparm can be used to tweak hard drive performance and to spin down hard drives for power conservation.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
9.43
Release:
4.el6
Size:
81 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and GPLv2
Control the hdparm package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hdparm
This command will install hdparm on the server.
yum remove hdparm
This command will un-install hdparm on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hdparm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hdparm
This command will un-install hdparm 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 hdparm when using the -y flag.
yum update hdparm
This command will update hdparm to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hdparm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hdparm
This command will update hdparm 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 hdparm when using the -y flag.
yum info hdparm
This command will show you core information about the hdparm package.
yum deplist hdparm
This command will show you the dependencies for hdparm. 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 hdparm
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hdparm. 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.