Information about the package, ethtool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ethtool package is designed for, Ethernet settings tool for PCI ethernet cards.
Package Name:
ethtool
Summary:
Ethernet settings tool for PCI ethernet cards
Description:
This utility allows querying and changing settings such as speed, port, autonegotiation, PCI locations and checksum offload on many network devices, especially of ethernet devices.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.5
Release:
6.el6
Size:
277 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the ethtool package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ethtool
This command will install ethtool on the server.
yum remove ethtool
This command will un-install ethtool on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ethtool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ethtool
This command will un-install ethtool 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 ethtool when using the -y flag.
yum update ethtool
This command will update ethtool to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ethtool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ethtool
This command will update ethtool 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 ethtool when using the -y flag.
yum info ethtool
This command will show you core information about the ethtool package.
yum deplist ethtool
This command will show you the dependencies for ethtool. 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 ethtool
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ethtool. 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.