Information about the package, mtr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mtr package is designed for, A network diagnostic tool.
Package Name:
mtr
Summary:
A network diagnostic tool
Description:
Mtr is a network diagnostic tool that combines ping and traceroute into one program. Mtr provides two interfaces: an ncurses interface, useful for using Mtr from a telnet session; and a GTK+ interface for X (provided in the mtr-gtk package).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.75
Release:
5.el6
Size:
54 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the mtr package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mtr
This command will install mtr on the server.
yum remove mtr
This command will un-install mtr on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mtr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mtr
This command will un-install mtr 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 mtr when using the -y flag.
yum update mtr
This command will update mtr to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mtr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mtr
This command will update mtr 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 mtr when using the -y flag.
yum info mtr
This command will show you core information about the mtr package.
yum deplist mtr
This command will show you the dependencies for mtr. 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 mtr
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mtr. 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.