Information about the package, ipv6gen, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ipv6gen package is designed for, IPv6 prefix generator.
Package Name:
ipv6gen
Summary:
IPv6 prefix generator
Description:
ipv6gen is a tool which generates lists of IPv6 prefixes using the process described by RFC 3531.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
17 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the ipv6gen package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ipv6gen
This command will install ipv6gen on the server.
yum remove ipv6gen
This command will un-install ipv6gen on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipv6gen, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ipv6gen
This command will un-install ipv6gen 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 ipv6gen when using the -y flag.
yum update ipv6gen
This command will update ipv6gen to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipv6gen, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ipv6gen
This command will update ipv6gen 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 ipv6gen when using the -y flag.
yum info ipv6gen
This command will show you core information about the ipv6gen package.
yum deplist ipv6gen
This command will show you the dependencies for ipv6gen. 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 ipv6gen
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ipv6gen. 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.