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ratools


Information about the package, ratools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ratools package is designed for, Framework for IPv6 Router Advertisements.


Package Name:

ratools

Summary:

Framework for IPv6 Router Advertisements

Description:

Ratools is a fast, dynamic, multi-threading framework for creating, modifying and sending IPv6 Router Advertisements (RA).

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.5.2

Release:

3.el6

Size:

47 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

ASL 2.0



Handy Yum Commands for ratools


Control the ratools package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install ratools

This command will install ratools on the server.

yum remove ratools

This command will un-install ratools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ratools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove ratools

This command will un-install ratools 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 ratools when using the -y flag.

yum update ratools

This command will update ratools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ratools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update ratools

This command will update ratools 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 ratools when using the -y flag.

yum info ratools

This command will show you core information about the ratools package.

yum deplist ratools

This command will show you the dependencies for ratools. 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 ratools

This command will check if there is an update waiting on ratools. 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.