Information about the package, centos-release, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The centos-release package is designed for, CentOS release file.
Package Name:
centos-release
Summary:
CentOS release file
Description:
CentOS release files
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6
Release:
9.el6.12.3
Size:
36 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the centos-release package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install centos-release
This command will install centos-release on the server.
yum remove centos-release
This command will un-install centos-release on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove centos-release, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove centos-release
This command will un-install centos-release 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 centos-release when using the -y flag.
yum update centos-release
This command will update centos-release to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove centos-release, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update centos-release
This command will update centos-release 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 centos-release when using the -y flag.
yum info centos-release
This command will show you core information about the centos-release package.
yum deplist centos-release
This command will show you the dependencies for centos-release. 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 centos-release
This command will check if there is an update waiting on centos-release. 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.