Information about the package, rarpd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rarpd package is designed for, The RARP daemon.
Package Name:
rarpd
Summary:
The RARP daemon
Description:
RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own IP addresses from the RARP server. Some machines (e.g. SPARC boxes) use this protocol instead of e.g. DHCP to query their IP addresses during network bootup. Linux kernels up to 2.2 used to provide a kernel daemon for this service, but since 2.3 kernels it is served by this userland daemon. You should install rarpd if you want to set up a RARP server on your network.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
ss981107
Release:
42.el6
Size:
25 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the rarpd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rarpd
This command will install rarpd on the server.
yum remove rarpd
This command will un-install rarpd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rarpd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rarpd
This command will un-install rarpd 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 rarpd when using the -y flag.
yum update rarpd
This command will update rarpd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rarpd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rarpd
This command will update rarpd 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 rarpd when using the -y flag.
yum info rarpd
This command will show you core information about the rarpd package.
yum deplist rarpd
This command will show you the dependencies for rarpd. 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 rarpd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rarpd. 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.