Information about the package, ath_info, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ath_info package is designed for, Tool to get detailed information from Atheros WLAN cards.
Package Name:
ath_info
Summary:
Tool to get detailed information from Atheros WLAN cards
Description:
ath_info prints some version information of Atheros WLAN modules. It furthermore allows to change regulatory domain and PCI ID fields in the EEPROM. Since the output of lspci and dmesg is not always sufficient to correctly identify chipset versions, it is useful to attach ath_info output to bug reports for the ath5k driver.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0
Release:
0.2.20100708svn.el6
Size:
24 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the ath_info package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ath_info
This command will install ath_info on the server.
yum remove ath_info
This command will un-install ath_info on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ath_info, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ath_info
This command will un-install ath_info 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 ath_info when using the -y flag.
yum update ath_info
This command will update ath_info to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ath_info, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ath_info
This command will update ath_info 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 ath_info when using the -y flag.
yum info ath_info
This command will show you core information about the ath_info package.
yum deplist ath_info
This command will show you the dependencies for ath_info. 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 ath_info
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ath_info. 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.