Information about the package, smbios-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The smbios-utils package is designed for, Meta-package that pulls in all smbios binaries and python scripts.
Package Name:
smbios-utils
Summary:
Meta-package that pulls in all smbios binaries and python scripts
Description:
This is a meta-package that pulls in the binary libsmbios executables as well as the python executables.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.2.26
Release:
3.el6
Size:
14 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ or OSL 2.1
Control the smbios-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install smbios-utils
This command will install smbios-utils on the server.
yum remove smbios-utils
This command will un-install smbios-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove smbios-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove smbios-utils
This command will un-install smbios-utils 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 smbios-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update smbios-utils
This command will update smbios-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove smbios-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update smbios-utils
This command will update smbios-utils 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 smbios-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info smbios-utils
This command will show you core information about the smbios-utils package.
yum deplist smbios-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for smbios-utils. 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 smbios-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on smbios-utils. 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.