Information about the package, msr-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The msr-tools package is designed for, Collection of tools for reading/writing CPU model specific.
Package Name:
msr-tools
Summary:
Collection of tools for reading/writing CPU model specific
Description:
This is a small collection of tools to allow reading and writing of CPU model specific registers
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3
Release:
3.el6
Size:
12 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the msr-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install msr-tools
This command will install msr-tools on the server.
yum remove msr-tools
This command will un-install msr-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove msr-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove msr-tools
This command will un-install msr-tools 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 msr-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update msr-tools
This command will update msr-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove msr-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update msr-tools
This command will update msr-tools 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 msr-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info msr-tools
This command will show you core information about the msr-tools package.
yum deplist msr-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for msr-tools. 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 msr-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on msr-tools. 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.