Information about the package, kernel-doc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The kernel-doc package is designed for, Various documentation bits found in the kernel source.
Package Name:
kernel-doc
Summary:
Various documentation bits found in the kernel source
Description:
This package contains documentation files from the kernel source. Various bits of information about the Linux kernel and the device drivers shipped with it are documented in these files. You'll want to install this package if you need a reference to the options that can be passed to Linux kernel modules at load time.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.6.32
Release:
696.30.1.el6
Size:
12 M
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the kernel-doc package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install kernel-doc
This command will install kernel-doc on the server.
yum remove kernel-doc
This command will un-install kernel-doc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kernel-doc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove kernel-doc
This command will un-install kernel-doc 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-doc when using the -y flag.
yum update kernel-doc
This command will update kernel-doc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove kernel-doc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update kernel-doc
This command will update kernel-doc 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-doc when using the -y flag.
yum info kernel-doc
This command will show you core information about the kernel-doc package.
yum deplist kernel-doc
This command will show you the dependencies for kernel-doc. 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-doc
This command will check if there is an update waiting on kernel-doc. 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.