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dracut-kernel


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+



Handy Yum Commands for dracut-kernel


Control the dracut-kernel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

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.