Information about the package, seabios, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The seabios package is designed for, Open-source legacy BIOS implementation.
Package Name:
seabios
Summary:
Open-source legacy BIOS implementation
Description:
SeaBIOS is an open-source legacy BIOS implementation which can be used as a coreboot payload. It implements the standard BIOS calling interfaces that a typical x86 proprietary BIOS implements.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.6.1.2
Release:
30.el6
Size:
93 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv3
Control the seabios package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install seabios
This command will install seabios on the server.
yum remove seabios
This command will un-install seabios on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove seabios, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove seabios
This command will un-install seabios 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 seabios when using the -y flag.
yum update seabios
This command will update seabios to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove seabios, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update seabios
This command will update seabios 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 seabios when using the -y flag.
yum info seabios
This command will show you core information about the seabios package.
yum deplist seabios
This command will show you the dependencies for seabios. 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 seabios
This command will check if there is an update waiting on seabios. 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.