Information about the package, pciutils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pciutils package is designed for, PCI bus related utilities.
Package Name:
pciutils
Summary:
PCI bus related utilities
Description:
The pciutils package contains various utilities for inspecting and setting devices connected to the PCI bus. The utilities provided require kernel version 2.1.82 or newer (which support the /proc/bus/pci interface).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.1.10
Release:
4.el6
Size:
85 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the pciutils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pciutils
This command will install pciutils on the server.
yum remove pciutils
This command will un-install pciutils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pciutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pciutils
This command will un-install pciutils 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 pciutils when using the -y flag.
yum update pciutils
This command will update pciutils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pciutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pciutils
This command will update pciutils 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 pciutils when using the -y flag.
yum info pciutils
This command will show you core information about the pciutils package.
yum deplist pciutils
This command will show you the dependencies for pciutils. 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 pciutils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pciutils. 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.