Information about the package, module-init-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The module-init-tools package is designed for, Kernel module management utilities..
Package Name:
module-init-tools
Summary:
Kernel module management utilities.
Description:
The module-init-tools package includes various programs needed for automatic loading and unloading of modules under 2.6 and later kernels, as well as other module management programs. Device drivers and filesystems are two examples of loaded and unloaded modules.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.9
Release:
26.el6
Size:
1.2 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the module-init-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install module-init-tools
This command will install module-init-tools on the server.
yum remove module-init-tools
This command will un-install module-init-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove module-init-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove module-init-tools
This command will un-install module-init-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 module-init-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update module-init-tools
This command will update module-init-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove module-init-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update module-init-tools
This command will update module-init-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 module-init-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info module-init-tools
This command will show you core information about the module-init-tools package.
yum deplist module-init-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for module-init-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 module-init-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on module-init-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.