Information about the package, bridge-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bridge-utils package is designed for, Utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge.
Package Name:
bridge-utils
Summary:
Utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge
Description:
This package contains utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge. The linux ethernet bridge can be used for connecting multiple ethernet devices together. The connecting is fully transparent: hosts connected to one ethernet device see hosts connected to the other ethernet devices directly. Install bridge-utils if you want to use the linux ethernet bridge.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2
Release:
10.el6
Size:
57 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the bridge-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install bridge-utils
This command will install bridge-utils on the server.
yum remove bridge-utils
This command will un-install bridge-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bridge-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove bridge-utils
This command will un-install bridge-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 bridge-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update bridge-utils
This command will update bridge-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bridge-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update bridge-utils
This command will update bridge-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 bridge-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info bridge-utils
This command will show you core information about the bridge-utils package.
yum deplist bridge-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for bridge-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 bridge-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on bridge-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.