Information about the package, hal-info, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hal-info package is designed for, Device information files for HAL.
Package Name:
hal-info
Summary:
Device information files for HAL
Description:
The hal-info package contains various device information files (also known as .fdi files) for the hal package.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
20090716
Release:
5.el6
Size:
57 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
AFL or GPLv2
Control the hal-info package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hal-info
This command will install hal-info on the server.
yum remove hal-info
This command will un-install hal-info on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hal-info, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hal-info
This command will un-install hal-info 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 hal-info when using the -y flag.
yum update hal-info
This command will update hal-info to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hal-info, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hal-info
This command will update hal-info 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 hal-info when using the -y flag.
yum info hal-info
This command will show you core information about the hal-info package.
yum deplist hal-info
This command will show you the dependencies for hal-info. 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 hal-info
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hal-info. 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.