Information about the package, basesystem, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The basesystem package is designed for, The skeleton package which defines a simple Red Hat Enterprise.
Package Name:
basesystem
Summary:
The skeleton package which defines a simple Red Hat Enterprise
Description:
Basesystem defines the components of a basic Red Hat Enterprise Linux system (for example, the package installation order to use during bootstrapping). Basesystem should be in every installation of a system, and it should never be removed.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
10.0
Release:
4.el6
Size:
0.0
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the basesystem package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install basesystem
This command will install basesystem on the server.
yum remove basesystem
This command will un-install basesystem on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove basesystem, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove basesystem
This command will un-install basesystem 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 basesystem when using the -y flag.
yum update basesystem
This command will update basesystem to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove basesystem, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update basesystem
This command will update basesystem 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 basesystem when using the -y flag.
yum info basesystem
This command will show you core information about the basesystem package.
yum deplist basesystem
This command will show you the dependencies for basesystem. 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 basesystem
This command will check if there is an update waiting on basesystem. 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.