Information about the package, papi, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The papi package is designed for, Performance Application Programming Interface.
Package Name:
papi
Summary:
Performance Application Programming Interface
Description:
PAPI provides a programmer interface to monitor the performance of running programs.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.1.1
Release:
12.el6
Size:
538 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the papi package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install papi
This command will install papi on the server.
yum remove papi
This command will un-install papi on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove papi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove papi
This command will un-install papi 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 papi when using the -y flag.
yum update papi
This command will update papi to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove papi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update papi
This command will update papi 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 papi when using the -y flag.
yum info papi
This command will show you core information about the papi package.
yum deplist papi
This command will show you the dependencies for papi. 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 papi
This command will check if there is an update waiting on papi. 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.