Information about the package, kup, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kup package is designed for, Kernel.org Uploader.
Package Name:
kup
Summary:
Kernel.org Uploader
Description:
Kup is a secure upload tool used by kernel developers to upload cryptographically verified packages to kernel.org. This package includes the client-side kup utility.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.3.4
Release:
1.el6
Size:
20 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the kup package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kup
This command will install kup on the server.
yum remove kup
This command will un-install kup on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kup, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kup
This command will un-install kup 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 kup when using the -y flag.
yum update kup
This command will update kup to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kup, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kup
This command will update kup 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 kup when using the -y flag.
yum info kup
This command will show you core information about the kup package.
yum deplist kup
This command will show you the dependencies for kup. 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 kup
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kup. 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.