Information about the package, cpuspeed, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cpuspeed package is designed for, CPU frequency adjusting daemon.
Package Name:
cpuspeed
Summary:
CPU frequency adjusting daemon
Description:
cpuspeed is a daemon that dynamically changes the speed of your processor(s) depending upon its current workload if it is capable (needs Intel Speedstep, AMD PowerNow!, or similar support). This package also supports enabling cpu frequency scaling via in-kernel governors on Intel Centrino and AMD Athlon64/Opteron platforms.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5
Release:
22.el6
Size:
37 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the cpuspeed package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cpuspeed
This command will install cpuspeed on the server.
yum remove cpuspeed
This command will un-install cpuspeed on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cpuspeed, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cpuspeed
This command will un-install cpuspeed 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 cpuspeed when using the -y flag.
yum update cpuspeed
This command will update cpuspeed to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cpuspeed, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cpuspeed
This command will update cpuspeed 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 cpuspeed when using the -y flag.
yum info cpuspeed
This command will show you core information about the cpuspeed package.
yum deplist cpuspeed
This command will show you the dependencies for cpuspeed. 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 cpuspeed
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cpuspeed. 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.