Information about the package, kabi-yum-plugins, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kabi-yum-plugins package is designed for, The CentOS Linux kernel ABI yum plugin.
Package Name:
kabi-yum-plugins
Summary:
The CentOS Linux kernel ABI yum plugin
Description:
The kABI yum plugins package contains a yum plugin that can be used in order to enforce that only those third party kernel module packages meeting kernel ABI requirements are installed. The plugin requires that those drivers be packaged in accordance with Red Hat Driver Update Program guidelines.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.0
Release:
2.el6.centos
Size:
7.5 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the kabi-yum-plugins package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kabi-yum-plugins
This command will install kabi-yum-plugins on the server.
yum remove kabi-yum-plugins
This command will un-install kabi-yum-plugins on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kabi-yum-plugins, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kabi-yum-plugins
This command will un-install kabi-yum-plugins 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 kabi-yum-plugins when using the -y flag.
yum update kabi-yum-plugins
This command will update kabi-yum-plugins to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kabi-yum-plugins, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kabi-yum-plugins
This command will update kabi-yum-plugins 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 kabi-yum-plugins when using the -y flag.
yum info kabi-yum-plugins
This command will show you core information about the kabi-yum-plugins package.
yum deplist kabi-yum-plugins
This command will show you the dependencies for kabi-yum-plugins. 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 kabi-yum-plugins
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kabi-yum-plugins. 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.