Information about the package, dhcp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dhcp package is designed for, Dynamic host configuration protocol software.
Package Name:
dhcp
Summary:
Dynamic host configuration protocol software
Description:
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. The dhcp package includes the ISC DHCP service and relay agent. To use DHCP on your network, install a DHCP service (or relay agent), and on clients run a DHCP client daemon. The dhcp package provides the ISC DHCP service and relay agent.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.1.1
Release:
53.P1.el6.centos.4
Size:
824 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
ISC
Control the dhcp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dhcp
This command will install dhcp on the server.
yum remove dhcp
This command will un-install dhcp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dhcp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dhcp
This command will un-install dhcp 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 dhcp when using the -y flag.
yum update dhcp
This command will update dhcp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dhcp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dhcp
This command will update dhcp 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 dhcp when using the -y flag.
yum info dhcp
This command will show you core information about the dhcp package.
yum deplist dhcp
This command will show you the dependencies for dhcp. 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 dhcp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dhcp. 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.