Information about the package, iwl6000g2a-firmware, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iwl6000g2a-firmware package is designed for, Firmware for Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 6005 Series Adapters.
Package Name:
iwl6000g2a-firmware
Summary:
Firmware for Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 6005 Series Adapters
Description:
This package contains the firmware required by the iwlagn driver for Linux to support the iwl6000g2a hardware. Usage of the firmware is subject to the terms and conditions contained inside the provided LICENSE file. Please read it carefully.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
17.168.5.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
144 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Redistributable, no modification permitted
Control the iwl6000g2a-firmware package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iwl6000g2a-firmware
This command will install iwl6000g2a-firmware on the server.
yum remove iwl6000g2a-firmware
This command will un-install iwl6000g2a-firmware on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iwl6000g2a-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iwl6000g2a-firmware
This command will un-install iwl6000g2a-firmware 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 iwl6000g2a-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum update iwl6000g2a-firmware
This command will update iwl6000g2a-firmware to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iwl6000g2a-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iwl6000g2a-firmware
This command will update iwl6000g2a-firmware 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 iwl6000g2a-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum info iwl6000g2a-firmware
This command will show you core information about the iwl6000g2a-firmware package.
yum deplist iwl6000g2a-firmware
This command will show you the dependencies for iwl6000g2a-firmware. 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 iwl6000g2a-firmware
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iwl6000g2a-firmware. 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.