Information about the package, kup-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kup-utils package is designed for, Kernel.org Uploader - extra utilities.
Package Name:
kup-utils
Summary:
Kernel.org Uploader - extra utilities
Description:
Kup is a secure upload tool used by kernel developers to upload cryptographically verified packages to kernel.org. This package includes additional tools that may come in useful with kup.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.3.4
Release:
1.el6
Size:
6.8 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the kup-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kup-utils
This command will install kup-utils on the server.
yum remove kup-utils
This command will un-install kup-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kup-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kup-utils
This command will un-install kup-utils 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 kup-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update kup-utils
This command will update kup-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kup-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kup-utils
This command will update kup-utils 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 kup-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info kup-utils
This command will show you core information about the kup-utils package.
yum deplist kup-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for kup-utils. 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 kup-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kup-utils. 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.