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yum-dellsysid


Information about the package, yum-dellsysid, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yum-dellsysid package is designed for, YUM plugin to retrieve the Dell System ID.


Package Name:

yum-dellsysid

Summary:

YUM plugin to retrieve the Dell System ID

Description:

Libsmbios is a library and utilities that can be used by client programs to get information from standard BIOS tables, such as the SMBIOS table. This package contains a YUM plugin which allows the use of certain substitutions in yum repository configuration files on Dell systems.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.2.26

Release:

3.el6

Size:

17 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+ or OSL 2.1



Handy Yum Commands for yum-dellsysid


Control the yum-dellsysid package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install yum-dellsysid

This command will install yum-dellsysid on the server.

yum remove yum-dellsysid

This command will un-install yum-dellsysid on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-dellsysid, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove yum-dellsysid

This command will un-install yum-dellsysid 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 yum-dellsysid when using the -y flag.

yum update yum-dellsysid

This command will update yum-dellsysid to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-dellsysid, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update yum-dellsysid

This command will update yum-dellsysid 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 yum-dellsysid when using the -y flag.

yum info yum-dellsysid

This command will show you core information about the yum-dellsysid package.

yum deplist yum-dellsysid

This command will show you the dependencies for yum-dellsysid. 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 yum-dellsysid

This command will check if there is an update waiting on yum-dellsysid. 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.