Information about the package, firmware-addon-dell, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The firmware-addon-dell package is designed for, A firmware-tools plugin to handle BIOS/Firmware for Dell systems.
Package Name:
firmware-addon-dell
Summary:
A firmware-tools plugin to handle BIOS/Firmware for Dell systems
Description:
The firmware-addon-dell package provides plugins to firmware-tools which enable BIOS updates for Dell system, plus pulls in standard inventory modules applicable to most Dell systems.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.2.9
Release:
1.el6
Size:
50 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ or OSL 2.1
Control the firmware-addon-dell package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install firmware-addon-dell
This command will install firmware-addon-dell on the server.
yum remove firmware-addon-dell
This command will un-install firmware-addon-dell on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove firmware-addon-dell, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove firmware-addon-dell
This command will un-install firmware-addon-dell 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 firmware-addon-dell when using the -y flag.
yum update firmware-addon-dell
This command will update firmware-addon-dell to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove firmware-addon-dell, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update firmware-addon-dell
This command will update firmware-addon-dell 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 firmware-addon-dell when using the -y flag.
yum info firmware-addon-dell
This command will show you core information about the firmware-addon-dell package.
yum deplist firmware-addon-dell
This command will show you the dependencies for firmware-addon-dell. 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 firmware-addon-dell
This command will check if there is an update waiting on firmware-addon-dell. 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.