Information about the package, cpufrequtils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cpufrequtils package is designed for, CPU Frequency changing related utilities.
Package Name:
cpufrequtils
Summary:
CPU Frequency changing related utilities
Description:
cpufrequtils contains several utilities that can be used to control the cpufreq interface provided by the kernel on hardware that supports CPU frequency scaling.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
007
Release:
8.el6
Size:
40 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the cpufrequtils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cpufrequtils
This command will install cpufrequtils on the server.
yum remove cpufrequtils
This command will un-install cpufrequtils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cpufrequtils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cpufrequtils
This command will un-install cpufrequtils 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 cpufrequtils when using the -y flag.
yum update cpufrequtils
This command will update cpufrequtils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cpufrequtils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cpufrequtils
This command will update cpufrequtils 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 cpufrequtils when using the -y flag.
yum info cpufrequtils
This command will show you core information about the cpufrequtils package.
yum deplist cpufrequtils
This command will show you the dependencies for cpufrequtils. 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 cpufrequtils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cpufrequtils. 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.