Information about the package, yum-updateonboot, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yum-updateonboot package is designed for, Run yum update on system boot.
Package Name:
yum-updateonboot
Summary:
Run yum update on system boot
Description:
Runs yum update on system boot. This allows machines that have been turned off for an extended amount of time to become secure immediately, instead of waiting until the next early morning cron job.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.1.30
Release:
40.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the yum-updateonboot package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install yum-updateonboot
This command will install yum-updateonboot on the server.
yum remove yum-updateonboot
This command will un-install yum-updateonboot on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-updateonboot, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove yum-updateonboot
This command will un-install yum-updateonboot 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 yum-updateonboot when using the -y flag.
yum update yum-updateonboot
This command will update yum-updateonboot to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-updateonboot, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update yum-updateonboot
This command will update yum-updateonboot 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 yum-updateonboot when using the -y flag.
yum info yum-updateonboot
This command will show you core information about the yum-updateonboot package.
yum deplist yum-updateonboot
This command will show you the dependencies for yum-updateonboot. 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 yum-updateonboot
This command will check if there is an update waiting on yum-updateonboot. 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.