Information about the package, mirmon, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mirmon package is designed for, Monitor the status of mirrors.
Package Name:
mirmon
Summary:
Monitor the status of mirrors
Description:
Many software projects are mirrored worldwide. The mirror sites are required to update the mirror archive regularly (daily, weekly) from a root server. Mirmon helps administrators in keeping an eye on the mirror sites. In a concise graphic format, mirmon shows each site's status history of the last two weeks. It is easy to spot stale or dead mirrors.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.11
Release:
1.el6
Size:
68 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the mirmon package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mirmon
This command will install mirmon on the server.
yum remove mirmon
This command will un-install mirmon on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mirmon, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mirmon
This command will un-install mirmon 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 mirmon when using the -y flag.
yum update mirmon
This command will update mirmon to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mirmon, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mirmon
This command will update mirmon 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 mirmon when using the -y flag.
yum info mirmon
This command will show you core information about the mirmon package.
yum deplist mirmon
This command will show you the dependencies for mirmon. 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 mirmon
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mirmon. 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.