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kernel-abi-whitelists


Information about the package, kernel-abi-whitelists, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kernel-abi-whitelists package is designed for, The CentOS Linux kernel ABI symbol whitelists.


Package Name:

kernel-abi-whitelists

Summary:

The CentOS Linux kernel ABI symbol whitelists

Description:

The kABI package contains information pertaining to the CentOS Linux kernel ABI, including lists of kernel symbols that are needed by external Linux kernel modules, and a yum plugin to aid enforcement.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

2.6.32

Release:

696.30.1.el6

Size:

3.8 M

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for kernel-abi-whitelists


Control the kernel-abi-whitelists package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install kernel-abi-whitelists

This command will install kernel-abi-whitelists on the server.

yum remove kernel-abi-whitelists

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

yum -y remove kernel-abi-whitelists

This command will un-install kernel-abi-whitelists 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 kernel-abi-whitelists when using the -y flag.

yum update kernel-abi-whitelists

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

yum -y update kernel-abi-whitelists

This command will update kernel-abi-whitelists 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 kernel-abi-whitelists when using the -y flag.

yum info kernel-abi-whitelists

This command will show you core information about the kernel-abi-whitelists package.

yum deplist kernel-abi-whitelists

This command will show you the dependencies for kernel-abi-whitelists. 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 kernel-abi-whitelists

This command will check if there is an update waiting on kernel-abi-whitelists. 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.