Information about the package, wide-dhcpv6, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The wide-dhcpv6 package is designed for, DHCP Client and Server for IPv6.
Package Name:
wide-dhcpv6
Summary:
DHCP Client and Server for IPv6
Description:
This is the DHCPv6 package from WIDE project. For more information visit the project web site at http://wide-dhcpv6.sourceforge.net/ DHCPv6 allows prefix delegation and host configuration for the IPv6 network protocol. Multiple network interfaces are supported by this DHCPv6 package. This package contains the server, relay and client.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
20080615
Release:
13.1.el6
Size:
135 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and GPLv2+
Control the wide-dhcpv6 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install wide-dhcpv6
This command will install wide-dhcpv6 on the server.
yum remove wide-dhcpv6
This command will un-install wide-dhcpv6 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wide-dhcpv6, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove wide-dhcpv6
This command will un-install wide-dhcpv6 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 wide-dhcpv6 when using the -y flag.
yum update wide-dhcpv6
This command will update wide-dhcpv6 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wide-dhcpv6, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update wide-dhcpv6
This command will update wide-dhcpv6 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 wide-dhcpv6 when using the -y flag.
yum info wide-dhcpv6
This command will show you core information about the wide-dhcpv6 package.
yum deplist wide-dhcpv6
This command will show you the dependencies for wide-dhcpv6. 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 wide-dhcpv6
This command will check if there is an update waiting on wide-dhcpv6. 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.