Information about the package, wol, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The wol package is designed for, Wake On Lan client.
Package Name:
wol
Summary:
Wake On Lan client
Description:
wol implements Wake On LAN functionality in a small program. It wakes up hardware that is Magic Packet compliant. SecureON is supported by wol too.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.7.1
Release:
4.el6
Size:
40 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the wol package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install wol
This command will install wol on the server.
yum remove wol
This command will un-install wol on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wol, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove wol
This command will un-install wol 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 wol when using the -y flag.
yum update wol
This command will update wol to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wol, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update wol
This command will update wol 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 wol when using the -y flag.
yum info wol
This command will show you core information about the wol package.
yum deplist wol
This command will show you the dependencies for wol. 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 wol
This command will check if there is an update waiting on wol. 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.