Information about the package, yum-plugin-ps, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yum-plugin-ps package is designed for, Yum plugin to look at processes, with respect to packages.
Package Name:
yum-plugin-ps
Summary:
Yum plugin to look at processes, with respect to packages
Description:
When this plugin is installed it adds the yum command "ps", which allows you to see which running processes are accociated with which packages (and if they need rebooting, or have updates, etc.)
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.1.30
Release:
40.el6
Size:
28 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the yum-plugin-ps package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install yum-plugin-ps
This command will install yum-plugin-ps on the server.
yum remove yum-plugin-ps
This command will un-install yum-plugin-ps on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-plugin-ps, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove yum-plugin-ps
This command will un-install yum-plugin-ps 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 yum-plugin-ps when using the -y flag.
yum update yum-plugin-ps
This command will update yum-plugin-ps to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yum-plugin-ps, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update yum-plugin-ps
This command will update yum-plugin-ps 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 yum-plugin-ps when using the -y flag.
yum info yum-plugin-ps
This command will show you core information about the yum-plugin-ps package.
yum deplist yum-plugin-ps
This command will show you the dependencies for yum-plugin-ps. 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 yum-plugin-ps
This command will check if there is an update waiting on yum-plugin-ps. 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.