Information about the package, kernel-debug, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kernel-debug package is designed for, The Linux kernel compiled with extra debugging enabled.
Package Name:
kernel-debug
Summary:
The Linux kernel compiled with extra debugging enabled
Description:
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. This variant of the kernel has numerous debugging options enabled. It should only be installed when trying to gather additional information on kernel bugs, as some of these options impact performance noticably.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.6.32
Release:
696.30.1.el6
Size:
33 M
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the kernel-debug package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kernel-debug
This command will install kernel-debug on the server.
yum remove kernel-debug
This command will un-install kernel-debug on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kernel-debug, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kernel-debug
This command will un-install kernel-debug 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update kernel-debug
This command will update kernel-debug to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kernel-debug, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kernel-debug
This command will update kernel-debug 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info kernel-debug
This command will show you core information about the kernel-debug package.
yum deplist kernel-debug
This command will show you the dependencies for kernel-debug. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kernel-debug. 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.