Information about the package, dracut, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dracut package is designed for, Initramfs generator using udev.
Package Name:
dracut
Summary:
Initramfs generator using udev
Description:
dracut is a new, event-driven initramfs infrastructure based around udev.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
004
Release:
409.el6_8.2
Size:
257 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the dracut package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dracut
This command will install dracut on the server.
yum remove dracut
This command will un-install dracut on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dracut, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dracut
This command will un-install dracut 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update dracut
This command will update dracut to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dracut, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dracut
This command will update dracut 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info dracut
This command will show you core information about the dracut package.
yum deplist dracut
This command will show you the dependencies for dracut. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dracut. 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.