Information about the package, pprof, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pprof package is designed for, CPU and Heap Profiler tool.
Package Name:
pprof
Summary:
CPU and Heap Profiler tool
Description:
Pprof is a heap and CPU profiler tool, part of the gperftools suite.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.0
Release:
11.el6.3
Size:
55 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the pprof package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pprof
This command will install pprof on the server.
yum remove pprof
This command will un-install pprof on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pprof, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pprof
This command will un-install pprof 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 pprof when using the -y flag.
yum update pprof
This command will update pprof to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pprof, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pprof
This command will update pprof 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 pprof when using the -y flag.
yum info pprof
This command will show you core information about the pprof package.
yum deplist pprof
This command will show you the dependencies for pprof. 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 pprof
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pprof. 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.