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bluez


Information about the package, bluez, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bluez package is designed for, Bluetooth utilities.


Package Name:

bluez

Summary:

Bluetooth utilities

Description:

Utilities for use in Bluetooth applications: - hcitool - hciattach - hciconfig - bluetoothd - l2ping - start scripts (Red Hat) - pcmcia configuration files The BLUETOOTH trademarks are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.66

Release:

2.el6_9

Size:

348 k

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for bluez


Control the bluez package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install bluez

This command will install bluez on the server.

yum remove bluez

This command will un-install bluez on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bluez, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove bluez

This command will un-install bluez 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 bluez when using the -y flag.

yum update bluez

This command will update bluez to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bluez, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update bluez

This command will update bluez 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 bluez when using the -y flag.

yum info bluez

This command will show you core information about the bluez package.

yum deplist bluez

This command will show you the dependencies for bluez. 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 bluez

This command will check if there is an update waiting on bluez. 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.