Information about the package, nova-agent, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nova-agent package is designed for, Agent for setting up clean servers on Xen.
Package Name:
nova-agent
Summary:
Agent for setting up clean servers on Xen
Description:
Python agent for setting up clean servers on Xen using xenstore data.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.1.12
Release:
1.el6
Size:
36 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the nova-agent package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nova-agent
This command will install nova-agent on the server.
yum remove nova-agent
This command will un-install nova-agent on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nova-agent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nova-agent
This command will un-install nova-agent 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 nova-agent when using the -y flag.
yum update nova-agent
This command will update nova-agent to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nova-agent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nova-agent
This command will update nova-agent 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 nova-agent when using the -y flag.
yum info nova-agent
This command will show you core information about the nova-agent package.
yum deplist nova-agent
This command will show you the dependencies for nova-agent. 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 nova-agent
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nova-agent. 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.