Information about the package, powertop, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The powertop package is designed for, Power consumption monitor.
Package Name:
powertop
Summary:
Power consumption monitor
Description:
PowerTOP is a tool that finds the software component(s) that make your computer use more power than necessary while it is idle.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.3
Release:
4.el6
Size:
174 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the powertop package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install powertop
This command will install powertop on the server.
yum remove powertop
This command will un-install powertop on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove powertop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove powertop
This command will un-install powertop 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 powertop when using the -y flag.
yum update powertop
This command will update powertop to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove powertop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update powertop
This command will update powertop 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 powertop when using the -y flag.
yum info powertop
This command will show you core information about the powertop package.
yum deplist powertop
This command will show you the dependencies for powertop. 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 powertop
This command will check if there is an update waiting on powertop. 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.