Information about the package, iotop, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iotop package is designed for, Top like utility for I/O.
Package Name:
iotop
Summary:
Top like utility for I/O
Description:
Linux has always been able to show how much I/O was going on (the bi and bo columns of the vmstat 1 command). iotop is a Python program with a top like UI used to show of behalf of which process is the I/O going on.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.3.2
Release:
9.el6
Size:
50 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the iotop package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iotop
This command will install iotop on the server.
yum remove iotop
This command will un-install iotop on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iotop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iotop
This command will un-install iotop 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 iotop when using the -y flag.
yum update iotop
This command will update iotop to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iotop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iotop
This command will update iotop 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 iotop when using the -y flag.
yum info iotop
This command will show you core information about the iotop package.
yum deplist iotop
This command will show you the dependencies for iotop. 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 iotop
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iotop. 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.