Information about the package, nfs-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nfs-utils package is designed for, NFS utilities and supporting clients and daemons for the kernel.
Package Name:
nfs-utils
Summary:
NFS utilities and supporting clients and daemons for the kernel
Description:
The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools, which provides a much higher level of performance than the traditional Linux NFS server used by most users. This package also contains the showmount program. Showmount queries the mount daemon on a remote host for information about the NFS (Network File System) server on the remote host. For example, showmount can display the clients which are mounted on that host. This package also contains the mount.nfs and umount.nfs program.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.3
Release:
75.el6_9
Size:
336 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT and GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and BSD
Control the nfs-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nfs-utils
This command will install nfs-utils on the server.
yum remove nfs-utils
This command will un-install nfs-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nfs-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nfs-utils
This command will un-install nfs-utils 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 nfs-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update nfs-utils
This command will update nfs-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nfs-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nfs-utils
This command will update nfs-utils 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 nfs-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info nfs-utils
This command will show you core information about the nfs-utils package.
yum deplist nfs-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for nfs-utils. 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 nfs-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nfs-utils. 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.