Information about the package, bwbar, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bwbar package is designed for, Generate a readout of the current bandwidth use.
Package Name:
bwbar
Summary:
Generate a readout of the current bandwidth use
Description:
bwbar is a small program that generates a text and a graphical readout of the current bandwidth use. It is currently for Linux only.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.3
Release:
7.el6
Size:
13 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the bwbar package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install bwbar
This command will install bwbar on the server.
yum remove bwbar
This command will un-install bwbar on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bwbar, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove bwbar
This command will un-install bwbar 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 bwbar when using the -y flag.
yum update bwbar
This command will update bwbar to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bwbar, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update bwbar
This command will update bwbar 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 bwbar when using the -y flag.
yum info bwbar
This command will show you core information about the bwbar package.
yum deplist bwbar
This command will show you the dependencies for bwbar. 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 bwbar
This command will check if there is an update waiting on bwbar. 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.