Information about the package, bird, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bird package is designed for, BIRD Internet Routing Daemon.
Package Name:
bird
Summary:
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
Description:
BIRD is dynamic routing daemon supporting IPv4 and IPv6 versions of routing protocols BGP, RIP and OSPF. This package contains IPv4 version.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.5
Release:
2.el6
Size:
210 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the bird package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install bird
This command will install bird on the server.
yum remove bird
This command will un-install bird on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bird, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove bird
This command will un-install bird 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 bird when using the -y flag.
yum update bird
This command will update bird to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bird, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update bird
This command will update bird 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 bird when using the -y flag.
yum info bird
This command will show you core information about the bird package.
yum deplist bird
This command will show you the dependencies for bird. 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 bird
This command will check if there is an update waiting on bird. 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.