Information about the package, ndisc6, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ndisc6 package is designed for, IPv6 diagnostic tools.
Package Name:
ndisc6
Summary:
IPv6 diagnostic tools
Description:
This package gathers a few diagnostic tools for IPv6 networks: - ndisc6, which performs ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery in userland, - rdisc6, which performs ICMPv6 Router Discovery in userland, - rltraceroute6, yet another IPv6 implementation of traceroute, - tcptraceroute6, a TCP/IPv6-based traceroute implementation, - tracert6, a ICMPv6 Echo Request based traceroute, - tcpspray6, a TCP/IP Discard/Echo bandwidth metter.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
71 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 or GPLv3
Control the ndisc6 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ndisc6
This command will install ndisc6 on the server.
yum remove ndisc6
This command will un-install ndisc6 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ndisc6, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ndisc6
This command will un-install ndisc6 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 ndisc6 when using the -y flag.
yum update ndisc6
This command will update ndisc6 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ndisc6, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ndisc6
This command will update ndisc6 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 ndisc6 when using the -y flag.
yum info ndisc6
This command will show you core information about the ndisc6 package.
yum deplist ndisc6
This command will show you the dependencies for ndisc6. 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 ndisc6
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ndisc6. 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.