Information about the package, avahi-autoipd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The avahi-autoipd package is designed for, Link-local IPv4 address automatic configuration daemon (IPv4LL).
Package Name:
avahi-autoipd
Summary:
Link-local IPv4 address automatic configuration daemon (IPv4LL)
URL:
Description:
avahi-autoipd implements IPv4LL, "Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses" (IETF RFC3927), a protocol for automatic IP address configuration from the link-local 169.254.0.0/16 range without the need for a central server. It is primarily intended to be used in ad-hoc networks which lack a DHCP server.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.6.25
Release:
17.el6
Size:
35 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the avahi-autoipd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install avahi-autoipd
This command will install avahi-autoipd on the server.
yum remove avahi-autoipd
This command will un-install avahi-autoipd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove avahi-autoipd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove avahi-autoipd
This command will un-install avahi-autoipd 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 avahi-autoipd when using the -y flag.
yum update avahi-autoipd
This command will update avahi-autoipd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove avahi-autoipd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update avahi-autoipd
This command will update avahi-autoipd 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 avahi-autoipd when using the -y flag.
yum info avahi-autoipd
This command will show you core information about the avahi-autoipd package.
yum deplist avahi-autoipd
This command will show you the dependencies for avahi-autoipd. 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 avahi-autoipd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on avahi-autoipd. 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.