Information about the package, facter, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The facter package is designed for, Command and ruby library for gathering system information.
Package Name:
facter
Summary:
Command and ruby library for gathering system information
Description:
Facter is a lightweight program that gathers basic node information about the hardware and operating system. Facter is especially useful for retrieving things like operating system names, hardware characteristics, IP addresses, MAC addresses, and SSH keys. Facter is extensible and allows gathering of node information that may be custom or site specific. It is easy to extend by including your own custom facts. Facter can also be used to create conditional expressions in Puppet that key off the values returned by facts.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6.18
Release:
8.el6
Size:
63 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the facter package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install facter
This command will install facter on the server.
yum remove facter
This command will un-install facter on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove facter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove facter
This command will un-install facter 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 facter when using the -y flag.
yum update facter
This command will update facter to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove facter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update facter
This command will update facter 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 facter when using the -y flag.
yum info facter
This command will show you core information about the facter package.
yum deplist facter
This command will show you the dependencies for facter. 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 facter
This command will check if there is an update waiting on facter. 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.