Information about the package, uuidd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The uuidd package is designed for, Helper daemon to guarantee uniqueness of time-based UUIDs.
Package Name:
uuidd
Summary:
Helper daemon to guarantee uniqueness of time-based UUIDs
Description:
The uuidd package contains a userspace daemon (uuidd) which guarantees uniqueness of time-based UUID generation even at very high rates on SMP systems.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.17.2
Release:
12.28.el6_9.2
Size:
73 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the uuidd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install uuidd
This command will install uuidd on the server.
yum remove uuidd
This command will un-install uuidd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove uuidd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove uuidd
This command will un-install uuidd 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 uuidd when using the -y flag.
yum update uuidd
This command will update uuidd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove uuidd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update uuidd
This command will update uuidd 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 uuidd when using the -y flag.
yum info uuidd
This command will show you core information about the uuidd package.
yum deplist uuidd
This command will show you the dependencies for uuidd. 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 uuidd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on uuidd. 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.