Information about the package, pcp-collector, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pcp-collector package is designed for, Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Collection meta Package.
Package Name:
pcp-collector
Summary:
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Collection meta Package
URL:
Description:
This meta-package installs the PCP metric collection dependencies. This includes the vast majority of packages used to collect PCP metrics. The pcp-collector package also automatically enables and starts the pmcd and pmlogger services.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.10.9
Release:
9.el6
Size:
14 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the pcp-collector package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pcp-collector
This command will install pcp-collector on the server.
yum remove pcp-collector
This command will un-install pcp-collector on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcp-collector, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pcp-collector
This command will un-install pcp-collector 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 pcp-collector when using the -y flag.
yum update pcp-collector
This command will update pcp-collector to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcp-collector, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pcp-collector
This command will update pcp-collector 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 pcp-collector when using the -y flag.
yum info pcp-collector
This command will show you core information about the pcp-collector package.
yum deplist pcp-collector
This command will show you the dependencies for pcp-collector. 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 pcp-collector
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pcp-collector. 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.