Information about the package, tftp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tftp package is designed for, The client for the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).
Package Name:
tftp
Summary:
The client for the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
Description:
The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is normally used only for booting diskless workstations. The tftp package provides the user interface for TFTP, which allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine. This program and TFTP provide very little security, and should not be enabled unless it is expressly needed.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.49
Release:
8.el6
Size:
32 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the tftp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tftp
This command will install tftp on the server.
yum remove tftp
This command will un-install tftp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tftp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tftp
This command will un-install tftp 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 tftp when using the -y flag.
yum update tftp
This command will update tftp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tftp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tftp
This command will update tftp 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 tftp when using the -y flag.
yum info tftp
This command will show you core information about the tftp package.
yum deplist tftp
This command will show you the dependencies for tftp. 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 tftp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tftp. 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.