Information about the package, dhclient, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dhclient package is designed for, Provides the dhclient ISC DHCP client daemon and dhclient-script.
Package Name:
dhclient
Summary:
Provides the dhclient ISC DHCP client daemon and dhclient-script
Description:
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. To use DHCP on your network, install a DHCP service (or relay agent), and on clients run a DHCP client daemon. The dhclient package provides the ISC DHCP client daemon.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.1.1
Release:
53.P1.el6.centos.4
Size:
619 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
ISC
Control the dhclient package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dhclient
This command will install dhclient on the server.
yum remove dhclient
This command will un-install dhclient on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dhclient, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dhclient
This command will un-install dhclient 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 dhclient when using the -y flag.
yum update dhclient
This command will update dhclient to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dhclient, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dhclient
This command will update dhclient 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 dhclient when using the -y flag.
yum info dhclient
This command will show you core information about the dhclient package.
yum deplist dhclient
This command will show you the dependencies for dhclient. 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 dhclient
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dhclient. 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.