Information about the package, stress, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The stress package is designed for, A tool to put given subsystems under a specified load.
Package Name:
stress
Summary:
A tool to put given subsystems under a specified load
Description:
stress is not a benchmark, but is rather a tool designed to put given subsytems under a specified load. Instances in which this is useful include those in which a system administrator wishes to perform tuning activities, a kernel or libc programmer wishes to evaluate denial of service possibilities, etc.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.4
Release:
4.el6
Size:
36 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the stress package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install stress
This command will install stress on the server.
yum remove stress
This command will un-install stress on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove stress, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove stress
This command will un-install stress 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 stress when using the -y flag.
yum update stress
This command will update stress to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove stress, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update stress
This command will update stress 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 stress when using the -y flag.
yum info stress
This command will show you core information about the stress package.
yum deplist stress
This command will show you the dependencies for stress. 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 stress
This command will check if there is an update waiting on stress. 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.