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dnsmasq-utils


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



Handy Yum Commands for dnsmasq-utils


Control the dnsmasq-utils package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

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.