Information about the package, daq, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The daq package is designed for, Data Acquisition Library.
Package Name:
daq
Summary:
Data Acquisition Library
Description:
Snort 2.9 introduces the DAQ, or Data Acquisition library, for packet I/O. The DAQ replaces direct calls to libpcap functions with an abstraction layer that facilitates operation on a variety of hardware and software interfaces without requiring changes to Snort.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.6
Release:
1.el6
Size:
78 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and BSD
Control the daq package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install daq
This command will install daq on the server.
yum remove daq
This command will un-install daq on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove daq, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove daq
This command will un-install daq 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 daq when using the -y flag.
yum update daq
This command will update daq to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove daq, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update daq
This command will update daq 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 daq when using the -y flag.
yum info daq
This command will show you core information about the daq package.
yum deplist daq
This command will show you the dependencies for daq. 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 daq
This command will check if there is an update waiting on daq. 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.