Information about the package, linuxptp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The linuxptp package is designed for, PTP implementation for Linux.
Package Name:
linuxptp
Summary:
PTP implementation for Linux
Description:
This software is an implementation of the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) according to IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. The dual design goals are to provide a robust implementation of the standard and to use the most relevant and modern Application Programming Interfaces (API) offered by the Linux kernel. Supporting legacy APIs and other platforms is not a goal.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5
Release:
2.el6
Size:
118 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the linuxptp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install linuxptp
This command will install linuxptp on the server.
yum remove linuxptp
This command will un-install linuxptp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove linuxptp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove linuxptp
This command will un-install linuxptp 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 linuxptp when using the -y flag.
yum update linuxptp
This command will update linuxptp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove linuxptp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update linuxptp
This command will update linuxptp 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 linuxptp when using the -y flag.
yum info linuxptp
This command will show you core information about the linuxptp package.
yum deplist linuxptp
This command will show you the dependencies for linuxptp. 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 linuxptp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on linuxptp. 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.