Information about the package, iproute, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iproute package is designed for, Advanced IP routing and network device configuration tools.
Package Name:
iproute
Summary:
Advanced IP routing and network device configuration tools
Description:
The iproute package contains networking utilities (ip and rtmon, for example) which are designed to use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.6.32
Release:
54.el6
Size:
951 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+ and Public Domain
Control the iproute package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iproute
This command will install iproute on the server.
yum remove iproute
This command will un-install iproute on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iproute, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iproute
This command will un-install iproute 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 iproute when using the -y flag.
yum update iproute
This command will update iproute to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iproute, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iproute
This command will update iproute 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 iproute when using the -y flag.
yum info iproute
This command will show you core information about the iproute package.
yum deplist iproute
This command will show you the dependencies for iproute. 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 iproute
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iproute. 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.