Information about the package, radvd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The radvd package is designed for, A Router Advertisement daemon.
Package Name:
radvd
Summary:
A Router Advertisement daemon
Description:
radvd is the router advertisement daemon for IPv6. It listens to router solicitations and sends router advertisements as described in "Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)" (RFC 2461). With these advertisements hosts can automatically configure their addresses and some other parameters. They also can choose a default router based on these advertisements. Install radvd if you are setting up IPv6 network and/or Mobile IPv6 services.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6
Release:
1.el6
Size:
75 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD with advertising
Control the radvd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install radvd
This command will install radvd on the server.
yum remove radvd
This command will un-install radvd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove radvd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove radvd
This command will un-install radvd 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 radvd when using the -y flag.
yum update radvd
This command will update radvd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove radvd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update radvd
This command will update radvd 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 radvd when using the -y flag.
yum info radvd
This command will show you core information about the radvd package.
yum deplist radvd
This command will show you the dependencies for radvd. 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 radvd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on radvd. 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.