Information about the package, dnsmasq-utils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dnsmasq-utils package is designed for, Utilities for manipulating DHCP server leases.
Package Name:
dnsmasq-utils
Summary:
Utilities for manipulating DHCP server leases
Description:
Utilities that use the standard DHCP protocol to query/remove a DHCP server's leases.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.48
Release:
18.el6_9
Size:
16 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 or GPLv3
Control the dnsmasq-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dnsmasq-utils
This command will install dnsmasq-utils on the server.
yum remove dnsmasq-utils
This command will un-install dnsmasq-utils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dnsmasq-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dnsmasq-utils
This command will un-install dnsmasq-utils 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 dnsmasq-utils when using the -y flag.
yum update dnsmasq-utils
This command will update dnsmasq-utils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dnsmasq-utils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dnsmasq-utils
This command will update dnsmasq-utils 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 dnsmasq-utils when using the -y flag.
yum info dnsmasq-utils
This command will show you core information about the dnsmasq-utils package.
yum deplist dnsmasq-utils
This command will show you the dependencies for dnsmasq-utils. 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 dnsmasq-utils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dnsmasq-utils. 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.