Information about the package, avahi-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The avahi-tools package is designed for, Command line tools for mDNS browsing and publishing.
Package Name:
avahi-tools
Summary:
Command line tools for mDNS browsing and publishing
URL:
Description:
Command line tools that use avahi to browse and publish mDNS services.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.6.25
Release:
17.el6
Size:
39 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the avahi-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install avahi-tools
This command will install avahi-tools on the server.
yum remove avahi-tools
This command will un-install avahi-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove avahi-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove avahi-tools
This command will un-install avahi-tools 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-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update avahi-tools
This command will update avahi-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove avahi-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update avahi-tools
This command will update avahi-tools 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-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info avahi-tools
This command will show you core information about the avahi-tools package.
yum deplist avahi-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for avahi-tools. 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-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on avahi-tools. 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.