Information about the package, chkconfig, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The chkconfig package is designed for, A system tool for maintaining the /etc/rc*.d hierarchy.
Package Name:
chkconfig
Summary:
A system tool for maintaining the /etc/rc*.d hierarchy
Description:
Chkconfig is a basic system utility. It updates and queries runlevel information for system services. Chkconfig manipulates the numerous symbolic links in /etc/rc.d, to relieve system administrators of some of the drudgery of manually editing the symbolic links.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3.49.5
Release:
1.el6
Size:
655 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the chkconfig package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install chkconfig
This command will install chkconfig on the server.
yum remove chkconfig
This command will un-install chkconfig on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove chkconfig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove chkconfig
This command will un-install chkconfig 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 chkconfig when using the -y flag.
yum update chkconfig
This command will update chkconfig to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove chkconfig, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update chkconfig
This command will update chkconfig 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 chkconfig when using the -y flag.
yum info chkconfig
This command will show you core information about the chkconfig package.
yum deplist chkconfig
This command will show you the dependencies for chkconfig. 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 chkconfig
This command will check if there is an update waiting on chkconfig. 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.