Information about the package, systemtap-server, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The systemtap-server package is designed for, Instrumentation System Server.
Package Name:
systemtap-server
Summary:
Instrumentation System Server
Description:
This is the remote script compilation server component of systemtap. It announces itself to nearby clients with avahi (if available), and compiles systemtap scripts to kernel objects on their demand.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.9
Release:
7.el6
Size:
229 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the systemtap-server package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install systemtap-server
This command will install systemtap-server on the server.
yum remove systemtap-server
This command will un-install systemtap-server on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove systemtap-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove systemtap-server
This command will un-install systemtap-server 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 systemtap-server when using the -y flag.
yum update systemtap-server
This command will update systemtap-server to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove systemtap-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update systemtap-server
This command will update systemtap-server 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 systemtap-server when using the -y flag.
yum info systemtap-server
This command will show you core information about the systemtap-server package.
yum deplist systemtap-server
This command will show you the dependencies for systemtap-server. 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 systemtap-server
This command will check if there is an update waiting on systemtap-server. 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.