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trace-cmd


Information about the package, trace-cmd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The trace-cmd package is designed for, trace-cmd is a user interface to Ftrace.


Package Name:

trace-cmd

Summary:

trace-cmd is a user interface to Ftrace

Description:

trace-cmd is a user interface to Ftrace. Instead of needing to use the debugfs directly, trace-cmd will handle of setting of options and tracers and will record into a data file.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.2.4

Release:

4.el6

Size:

1.5 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2 and LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for trace-cmd


Control the trace-cmd package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install trace-cmd

This command will install trace-cmd on the server.

yum remove trace-cmd

This command will un-install trace-cmd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove trace-cmd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove trace-cmd

This command will un-install trace-cmd 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 trace-cmd when using the -y flag.

yum update trace-cmd

This command will update trace-cmd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove trace-cmd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update trace-cmd

This command will update trace-cmd 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 trace-cmd when using the -y flag.

yum info trace-cmd

This command will show you core information about the trace-cmd package.

yum deplist trace-cmd

This command will show you the dependencies for trace-cmd. 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 trace-cmd

This command will check if there is an update waiting on trace-cmd. 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.