Information about the package, dmidecode, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dmidecode package is designed for, Tool to analyse BIOS DMI data.
Package Name:
dmidecode
Summary:
Tool to analyse BIOS DMI data
Description:
dmidecode reports information about x86 & ia64 hardware as described in the system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer. This will often include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (e.g. AGP, PCI, ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel, USB).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.12
Release:
7.el6
Size:
74 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the dmidecode package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dmidecode
This command will install dmidecode on the server.
yum remove dmidecode
This command will un-install dmidecode on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dmidecode, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dmidecode
This command will un-install dmidecode 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 dmidecode when using the -y flag.
yum update dmidecode
This command will update dmidecode to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dmidecode, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dmidecode
This command will update dmidecode 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 dmidecode when using the -y flag.
yum info dmidecode
This command will show you core information about the dmidecode package.
yum deplist dmidecode
This command will show you the dependencies for dmidecode. 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 dmidecode
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dmidecode. 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.