Information about the package, WALinuxAgent, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The WALinuxAgent package is designed for, The Microsoft Azure Linux Agent.
Package Name:
WALinuxAgent
Summary:
The Microsoft Azure Linux Agent
Description:
The Microsoft Azure Linux Agent supports the provisioning and running of Linux VMs in the Microsoft Azure cloud. This package should be installed on Linux disk images that are built to run in the Microsoft Azure environment.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.0.18
Release:
1.el6
Size:
76 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the WALinuxAgent package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install WALinuxAgent
This command will install WALinuxAgent on the server.
yum remove WALinuxAgent
This command will un-install WALinuxAgent on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove WALinuxAgent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove WALinuxAgent
This command will un-install WALinuxAgent 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 WALinuxAgent when using the -y flag.
yum update WALinuxAgent
This command will update WALinuxAgent to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove WALinuxAgent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update WALinuxAgent
This command will update WALinuxAgent 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 WALinuxAgent when using the -y flag.
yum info WALinuxAgent
This command will show you core information about the WALinuxAgent package.
yum deplist WALinuxAgent
This command will show you the dependencies for WALinuxAgent. 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 WALinuxAgent
This command will check if there is an update waiting on WALinuxAgent. 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.