Information about the package, maatkit, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The maatkit package is designed for, Essential command-line utilities for MySQL.
Package Name:
maatkit
Summary:
Essential command-line utilities for MySQL
Description:
This toolkit contains essential command-line utilities for MySQL, such as a table checksum tool and query profiler. It provides missing features such as checking slaves for data consistency, with emphasis on quality and scriptability.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
7332
Release:
1.el6
Size:
872 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 or Artistic
Control the maatkit package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install maatkit
This command will install maatkit on the server.
yum remove maatkit
This command will un-install maatkit on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove maatkit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove maatkit
This command will un-install maatkit 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 maatkit when using the -y flag.
yum update maatkit
This command will update maatkit to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove maatkit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update maatkit
This command will update maatkit 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 maatkit when using the -y flag.
yum info maatkit
This command will show you core information about the maatkit package.
yum deplist maatkit
This command will show you the dependencies for maatkit. 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 maatkit
This command will check if there is an update waiting on maatkit. 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.