Information about the package, sgabios-bin, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sgabios-bin package is designed for, Sgabios for x86.
Package Name:
sgabios-bin
Summary:
Sgabios for x86
Description:
SGABIOS is designed to be inserted into a BIOS as an option rom to provide over a serial port the display and input capabilities normally handled by a VGA adapter and a keyboard, and additionally provide hooks for logging displayed characters for later collection after an operating system boots.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0
Release:
0.3.20110621svn.el6
Size:
6.6 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the sgabios-bin package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sgabios-bin
This command will install sgabios-bin on the server.
yum remove sgabios-bin
This command will un-install sgabios-bin on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sgabios-bin, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sgabios-bin
This command will un-install sgabios-bin 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 sgabios-bin when using the -y flag.
yum update sgabios-bin
This command will update sgabios-bin to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sgabios-bin, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sgabios-bin
This command will update sgabios-bin 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 sgabios-bin when using the -y flag.
yum info sgabios-bin
This command will show you core information about the sgabios-bin package.
yum deplist sgabios-bin
This command will show you the dependencies for sgabios-bin. 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 sgabios-bin
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sgabios-bin. 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.