Information about the package, util-linux-ng, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The util-linux-ng package is designed for, A collection of basic system utilities.
Package Name:
util-linux-ng
Summary:
A collection of basic system utilities
Description:
advertising and Public Domain The util-linux-ng package contains a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login program.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.17.2
Release:
12.28.el6_9.2
Size:
5.9 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPLv1+ and GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and MIT and BSD with
Control the util-linux-ng package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install util-linux-ng
This command will install util-linux-ng on the server.
yum remove util-linux-ng
This command will un-install util-linux-ng on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove util-linux-ng, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove util-linux-ng
This command will un-install util-linux-ng 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 util-linux-ng when using the -y flag.
yum update util-linux-ng
This command will update util-linux-ng to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove util-linux-ng, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update util-linux-ng
This command will update util-linux-ng 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 util-linux-ng when using the -y flag.
yum info util-linux-ng
This command will show you core information about the util-linux-ng package.
yum deplist util-linux-ng
This command will show you the dependencies for util-linux-ng. 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 util-linux-ng
This command will check if there is an update waiting on util-linux-ng. 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.