Information about the package, disktype, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The disktype package is designed for, Detect the content format of a disk or disk image.
Package Name:
disktype
Summary:
Detect the content format of a disk or disk image
Description:
The purpose of disktype is to detect the content format of a disk or disk image. It knows about common file systems, partition tables, and boot codes.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
9
Release:
5.el6
Size:
38 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the disktype package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install disktype
This command will install disktype on the server.
yum remove disktype
This command will un-install disktype on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove disktype, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove disktype
This command will un-install disktype 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 disktype when using the -y flag.
yum update disktype
This command will update disktype to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove disktype, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update disktype
This command will update disktype 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 disktype when using the -y flag.
yum info disktype
This command will show you core information about the disktype package.
yum deplist disktype
This command will show you the dependencies for disktype. 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 disktype
This command will check if there is an update waiting on disktype. 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.