Information about the package, iputils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iputils package is designed for, Network monitoring tools including ping.
Package Name:
iputils
Summary:
Network monitoring tools including ping
Description:
The iputils package contains basic utilities for monitoring a network, including ping. The ping command sends a series of ICMP protocol ECHO_REQUEST packets to a specified network host to discover whether the target machine is alive and receiving network traffic.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
20071127
Release:
24.el6
Size:
290 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
BSD with advertising and GPLv2+ and Rdisc
Control the iputils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iputils
This command will install iputils on the server.
yum remove iputils
This command will un-install iputils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iputils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iputils
This command will un-install iputils 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 iputils when using the -y flag.
yum update iputils
This command will update iputils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iputils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iputils
This command will update iputils 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 iputils when using the -y flag.
yum info iputils
This command will show you core information about the iputils package.
yum deplist iputils
This command will show you the dependencies for iputils. 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 iputils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iputils. 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.