Information about the package, firmware-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The firmware-tools package is designed for, Scripts and tools to manage firmware and BIOS updates.
Package Name:
firmware-tools
Summary:
Scripts and tools to manage firmware and BIOS updates
Description:
The firmware-tools project provides tools to inventory hardware and a plugin architecture so that different OEM vendors can provide different inventory components. It is intended to tie to the package system to enable seamless installation of updated firmware via your package manager, as well as provide a framework for BIOS and firmware updates.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.1.15
Release:
1.el6.6
Size:
180 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ or OSL 2.1
Control the firmware-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install firmware-tools
This command will install firmware-tools on the server.
yum remove firmware-tools
This command will un-install firmware-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove firmware-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove firmware-tools
This command will un-install firmware-tools 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-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update firmware-tools
This command will update firmware-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove firmware-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update firmware-tools
This command will update firmware-tools 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-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info firmware-tools
This command will show you core information about the firmware-tools package.
yum deplist firmware-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for firmware-tools. 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-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on firmware-tools. 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.