Information about the package, kmodtool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kmodtool package is designed for, Tool for building kmod packages.
Package Name:
kmodtool
Summary:
Tool for building kmod packages
Description:
This package contains tools and list of recent kernels that get used when building kmod-packages.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1
Release:
27.el6
Size:
14 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the kmodtool package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kmodtool
This command will install kmodtool on the server.
yum remove kmodtool
This command will un-install kmodtool on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kmodtool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kmodtool
This command will un-install kmodtool 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 kmodtool when using the -y flag.
yum update kmodtool
This command will update kmodtool to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kmodtool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kmodtool
This command will update kmodtool 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 kmodtool when using the -y flag.
yum info kmodtool
This command will show you core information about the kmodtool package.
yum deplist kmodtool
This command will show you the dependencies for kmodtool. 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 kmodtool
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kmodtool. 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.