Information about the package, sgabios, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sgabios package is designed for, Serial Graphics Adapter BIOS.
Package Name:
sgabios
Summary:
Serial Graphics Adapter BIOS
Description:
SGABIOS is designed to be inserted into a BIOS as an option rom to provide over a serial port the display and input capabilities normally handled by a VGA adapter and a keyboard, and additionally provide hooks for logging displayed characters for later collection after an operating system boots.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0
Release:
0.3.20110621svn.el6
Size:
13 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the sgabios package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sgabios
This command will install sgabios on the server.
yum remove sgabios
This command will un-install sgabios on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sgabios, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sgabios
This command will un-install sgabios 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 sgabios when using the -y flag.
yum update sgabios
This command will update sgabios to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sgabios, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sgabios
This command will update sgabios 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 sgabios when using the -y flag.
yum info sgabios
This command will show you core information about the sgabios package.
yum deplist sgabios
This command will show you the dependencies for sgabios. 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 sgabios
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sgabios. 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.