Information about the package, hardlink, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hardlink package is designed for, Create a tree of hardlinks.
Package Name:
hardlink
Summary:
Create a tree of hardlinks
Description:
hardlink is used to create a tree of hard links. It's used by kernel installation to dramatically reduce the amount of diskspace used by each kernel package installed.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0
Release:
10.el6
Size:
11 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the hardlink package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hardlink
This command will install hardlink on the server.
yum remove hardlink
This command will un-install hardlink on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hardlink, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hardlink
This command will un-install hardlink 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 hardlink when using the -y flag.
yum update hardlink
This command will update hardlink to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hardlink, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hardlink
This command will update hardlink 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 hardlink when using the -y flag.
yum info hardlink
This command will show you core information about the hardlink package.
yum deplist hardlink
This command will show you the dependencies for hardlink. 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 hardlink
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hardlink. 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.