Information about the package, grub, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The grub package is designed for, Grand Unified Boot Loader..
Package Name:
grub
Summary:
Grand Unified Boot Loader.
Description:
GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader) is an experimental boot loader capable of booting into most free operating systems - Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, GNU Mach, and others as well as most commercial operating systems.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.97
Release:
99.el6
Size:
2.4 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the grub package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install grub
This command will install grub on the server.
yum remove grub
This command will un-install grub on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove grub, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove grub
This command will un-install grub 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 grub when using the -y flag.
yum update grub
This command will update grub to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove grub, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update grub
This command will update grub 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 grub when using the -y flag.
yum info grub
This command will show you core information about the grub package.
yum deplist grub
This command will show you the dependencies for grub. 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 grub
This command will check if there is an update waiting on grub. 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.