Information about the package, kernel-debug-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kernel-debug-devel package is designed for, Development package for building kernel modules to match the debug.
Package Name:
kernel-debug-devel
Summary:
Development package for building kernel modules to match the debug
Description:
This package provides kernel headers and makefiles sufficient to build modules against the debug kernel package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.6.32
Release:
696.30.1.el6
Size:
11 M
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the kernel-debug-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kernel-debug-devel
This command will install kernel-debug-devel on the server.
yum remove kernel-debug-devel
This command will un-install kernel-debug-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kernel-debug-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kernel-debug-devel
This command will un-install kernel-debug-devel 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-debug-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update kernel-debug-devel
This command will update kernel-debug-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kernel-debug-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kernel-debug-devel
This command will update kernel-debug-devel 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-debug-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info kernel-debug-devel
This command will show you core information about the kernel-debug-devel package.
yum deplist kernel-debug-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for kernel-debug-devel. 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-debug-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kernel-debug-devel. 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.