Information about the package, setup, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The setup package is designed for, A set of system configuration and setup files.
Package Name:
setup
Summary:
A set of system configuration and setup files
Description:
The setup package contains a set of important system configuration and setup files, such as passwd, group, and profile.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.8.14
Release:
23.el6
Size:
651 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the setup package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install setup
This command will install setup on the server.
yum remove setup
This command will un-install setup on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove setup, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove setup
This command will un-install setup 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 setup when using the -y flag.
yum update setup
This command will update setup to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove setup, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update setup
This command will update setup 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 setup when using the -y flag.
yum info setup
This command will show you core information about the setup package.
yum deplist setup
This command will show you the dependencies for setup. 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 setup
This command will check if there is an update waiting on setup. 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.