Information about the package, koan, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The koan package is designed for, Helper tool that performs cobbler orders on remote machines.
Package Name:
koan
Summary:
Helper tool that performs cobbler orders on remote machines
Description:
Koan stands for kickstart-over-a-network and allows for both network installation of new virtualized guests and reinstallation of an existing system. For use with a boot-server configured with Cobbler
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.6.11
Release:
6.git95749a6.el6
Size:
178 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the koan package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install koan
This command will install koan on the server.
yum remove koan
This command will un-install koan on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove koan, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove koan
This command will un-install koan 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 koan when using the -y flag.
yum update koan
This command will update koan to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove koan, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update koan
This command will update koan 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 koan when using the -y flag.
yum info koan
This command will show you core information about the koan package.
yum deplist koan
This command will show you the dependencies for koan. 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 koan
This command will check if there is an update waiting on koan. 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.