Information about the package, yum-plugin-fastestmirror, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yum-plugin-fastestmirror package is designed for, Yum plugin which chooses fastest repository from a mirrorlist.
Package Name:
yum-plugin-fastestmirror
Summary:
Yum plugin which chooses fastest repository from a mirrorlist
Description:
This plugin sorts each repository's mirrorlist by connection speed prior to downloading packages.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.1.30
Release:
40.el6
Size:
53 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the yum-plugin-fastestmirror package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror
This command will install yum-plugin-fastestmirror on the server.
yum remove yum-plugin-fastestmirror
This command will un-install yum-plugin-fastestmirror on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-plugin-fastestmirror, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove yum-plugin-fastestmirror
This command will un-install yum-plugin-fastestmirror 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 yum-plugin-fastestmirror when using the -y flag.
yum update yum-plugin-fastestmirror
This command will update yum-plugin-fastestmirror to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-plugin-fastestmirror, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update yum-plugin-fastestmirror
This command will update yum-plugin-fastestmirror 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 yum-plugin-fastestmirror when using the -y flag.
yum info yum-plugin-fastestmirror
This command will show you core information about the yum-plugin-fastestmirror package.
yum deplist yum-plugin-fastestmirror
This command will show you the dependencies for yum-plugin-fastestmirror. 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 yum-plugin-fastestmirror
This command will check if there is an update waiting on yum-plugin-fastestmirror. 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.