Information about the package, rds-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rds-tools package is designed for, RDS support tools.
Package Name:
rds-tools
Summary:
RDS support tools
Description:
Various tools for support of the RDS (Reliable Datagram Socket) API. RDS is specific to InfiniBand and iWARP networks and does not work on non-RDMA hardware.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.6
Release:
4.el6
Size:
56 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 or BSD
Control the rds-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rds-tools
This command will install rds-tools on the server.
yum remove rds-tools
This command will un-install rds-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rds-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rds-tools
This command will un-install rds-tools 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 rds-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update rds-tools
This command will update rds-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rds-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rds-tools
This command will update rds-tools 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 rds-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info rds-tools
This command will show you core information about the rds-tools package.
yum deplist rds-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for rds-tools. 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 rds-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rds-tools. 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.