Information about the package, htop, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The htop package is designed for, Interactive process viewer.
Package Name:
htop
Summary:
Interactive process viewer
Description:
htop is an interactive text-mode process viewer for Linux, similar to top(1).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
83 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+
Control the htop package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install htop
This command will install htop on the server.
yum remove htop
This command will un-install htop on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove htop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove htop
This command will un-install htop 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 htop when using the -y flag.
yum update htop
This command will update htop to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove htop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update htop
This command will update htop 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 htop when using the -y flag.
yum info htop
This command will show you core information about the htop package.
yum deplist htop
This command will show you the dependencies for htop. 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 htop
This command will check if there is an update waiting on htop. 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.