Information about the package, akmods, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The akmods package is designed for, Automatic kmods build and install tool.
Package Name:
akmods
Summary:
Automatic kmods build and install tool
Description:
Akmods startup script will rebuild akmod packages during system boot while its background daemon will build them for kernels right after they were installed.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.5.6
Release:
11.el6
Size:
18 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the akmods package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install akmods
This command will install akmods on the server.
yum remove akmods
This command will un-install akmods on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove akmods, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove akmods
This command will un-install akmods 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 akmods when using the -y flag.
yum update akmods
This command will update akmods to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove akmods, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update akmods
This command will update akmods 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 akmods when using the -y flag.
yum info akmods
This command will show you core information about the akmods package.
yum deplist akmods
This command will show you the dependencies for akmods. 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 akmods
This command will check if there is an update waiting on akmods. 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.