Information about the package, vgabios, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vgabios package is designed for, LGPL implementation of a vga video bios.
Package Name:
vgabios
Summary:
LGPL implementation of a vga video bios
Description:
vgabios is an LPGL implementation of a bios for a video card. It is tied to plex86/bochs, althoug it will likely work on other emulators. It is not intended for use in real cards.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.6b
Release:
3.8.el6
Size:
42 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the vgabios package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vgabios
This command will install vgabios on the server.
yum remove vgabios
This command will un-install vgabios on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vgabios, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vgabios
This command will un-install vgabios 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 vgabios when using the -y flag.
yum update vgabios
This command will update vgabios to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vgabios, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vgabios
This command will update vgabios 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 vgabios when using the -y flag.
yum info vgabios
This command will show you core information about the vgabios package.
yum deplist vgabios
This command will show you the dependencies for vgabios. 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 vgabios
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vgabios. 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.