Information about the package, usbutils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The usbutils package is designed for, Linux USB utilities.
Package Name:
usbutils
Summary:
Linux USB utilities
Description:
This package contains utilities for inspecting devices connected to a USB bus.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
003
Release:
6.el6
Size:
70 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the usbutils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install usbutils
This command will install usbutils on the server.
yum remove usbutils
This command will un-install usbutils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove usbutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove usbutils
This command will un-install usbutils 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 usbutils when using the -y flag.
yum update usbutils
This command will update usbutils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove usbutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update usbutils
This command will update usbutils 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 usbutils when using the -y flag.
yum info usbutils
This command will show you core information about the usbutils package.
yum deplist usbutils
This command will show you the dependencies for usbutils. 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 usbutils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on usbutils. 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.