Information about the package, dracut-kernel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dracut-kernel package is designed for, Metapackage to build generic initramfs with dracut with only.
Package Name:
dracut-kernel
Summary:
Metapackage to build generic initramfs with dracut with only
Description:
This package requires everything which is needed to build a initramfs with all kernel modules and firmware files needed by dracut modules.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
004
Release:
409.el6_8.2
Size:
202
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the dracut-kernel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dracut-kernel
This command will install dracut-kernel on the server.
yum remove dracut-kernel
This command will un-install dracut-kernel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dracut-kernel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dracut-kernel
This command will un-install dracut-kernel 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 dracut-kernel when using the -y flag.
yum update dracut-kernel
This command will update dracut-kernel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dracut-kernel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dracut-kernel
This command will update dracut-kernel 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 dracut-kernel when using the -y flag.
yum info dracut-kernel
This command will show you core information about the dracut-kernel package.
yum deplist dracut-kernel
This command will show you the dependencies for dracut-kernel. 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 dracut-kernel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dracut-kernel. 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.