Information about the package, hwdata, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hwdata package is designed for, Hardware identification and configuration data.
Package Name:
hwdata
Summary:
Hardware identification and configuration data
Description:
hwdata contains various hardware identification and configuration data, such as the pci.ids database and MonitorsDb databases.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.233
Release:
18.1.el6
Size:
5.3 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the hwdata package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hwdata
This command will install hwdata on the server.
yum remove hwdata
This command will un-install hwdata on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hwdata, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hwdata
This command will un-install hwdata 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 hwdata when using the -y flag.
yum update hwdata
This command will update hwdata to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hwdata, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hwdata
This command will update hwdata 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 hwdata when using the -y flag.
yum info hwdata
This command will show you core information about the hwdata package.
yum deplist hwdata
This command will show you the dependencies for hwdata. 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 hwdata
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hwdata. 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.