Information about the package, kpartx, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kpartx package is designed for, Partition device manager for device-mapper devices.
Package Name:
kpartx
Summary:
Partition device manager for device-mapper devices
Description:
kpartx manages partition creation and removal for device-mapper devices.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.4.9
Release:
100.el6_9.1
Size:
33 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPL+
Control the kpartx package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kpartx
This command will install kpartx on the server.
yum remove kpartx
This command will un-install kpartx on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kpartx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kpartx
This command will un-install kpartx 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 kpartx when using the -y flag.
yum update kpartx
This command will update kpartx to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kpartx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kpartx
This command will update kpartx 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 kpartx when using the -y flag.
yum info kpartx
This command will show you core information about the kpartx package.
yum deplist kpartx
This command will show you the dependencies for kpartx. 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 kpartx
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kpartx. 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.