Information about the package, iwl5000-firmware, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iwl5000-firmware package is designed for, Firmware for Intel® PRO/Wireless 5000 A/G/N network adaptors.
Package Name:
iwl5000-firmware
Summary:
Firmware for Intel® PRO/Wireless 5000 A/G/N network adaptors
Description:
This package contains the firmware required by the iwl5000 driver for Linux. Usage of the firmware is subject to the terms and conditions contained inside the provided LICENSE file. Please read it carefully.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
8.83.5.1_1
Release:
1.el6_1.1
Size:
270 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Redistributable, no modification permitted
Control the iwl5000-firmware package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iwl5000-firmware
This command will install iwl5000-firmware on the server.
yum remove iwl5000-firmware
This command will un-install iwl5000-firmware on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iwl5000-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iwl5000-firmware
This command will un-install iwl5000-firmware 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 iwl5000-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum update iwl5000-firmware
This command will update iwl5000-firmware to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iwl5000-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iwl5000-firmware
This command will update iwl5000-firmware 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 iwl5000-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum info iwl5000-firmware
This command will show you core information about the iwl5000-firmware package.
yum deplist iwl5000-firmware
This command will show you the dependencies for iwl5000-firmware. 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 iwl5000-firmware
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iwl5000-firmware. 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.