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rfkill


Information about the package, rfkill, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rfkill package is designed for, A tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices.


Package Name:

rfkill

Summary:

A tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices

Description:

rfkill is a simple tool for accessing the Linux rfkill device interface, which is used to enable and disable wireless networking devices, typically WLAN, Bluetooth and mobile broadband.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.3

Release:

4.el6

Size:

9.8 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

ISC



Handy Yum Commands for rfkill


Control the rfkill package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install rfkill

This command will install rfkill on the server.

yum remove rfkill

This command will un-install rfkill on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rfkill, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove rfkill

This command will un-install rfkill 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 rfkill when using the -y flag.

yum update rfkill

This command will update rfkill to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rfkill, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update rfkill

This command will update rfkill 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 rfkill when using the -y flag.

yum info rfkill

This command will show you core information about the rfkill package.

yum deplist rfkill

This command will show you the dependencies for rfkill. 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 rfkill

This command will check if there is an update waiting on rfkill. 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.