Information about the package, libdnet, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libdnet package is designed for, Simple portable interface to lowlevel networking routines.
Package Name:
libdnet
Summary:
Simple portable interface to lowlevel networking routines
Description:
libdnet provides a simplified, portable interface to several low-level networking routines, including network address manipulation, kernel arp(4) cache and route(4) table lookup and manipulation, network firewalling (IP filter, ipfw, ipchains, pf, ...), network interface lookup and manipulation, raw IP packet and Ethernet frame, and data transmission.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.12
Release:
6.el6
Size:
28 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the libdnet package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libdnet
This command will install libdnet on the server.
yum remove libdnet
This command will un-install libdnet on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libdnet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libdnet
This command will un-install libdnet 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 libdnet when using the -y flag.
yum update libdnet
This command will update libdnet to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libdnet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libdnet
This command will update libdnet 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 libdnet when using the -y flag.
yum info libdnet
This command will show you core information about the libdnet package.
yum deplist libdnet
This command will show you the dependencies for libdnet. 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 libdnet
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libdnet. 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.