Information about the package, vnstat, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vnstat package is designed for, Console-based network traffic monitor.
Package Name:
vnstat
Summary:
Console-based network traffic monitor
Description:
vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor that keeps a log of daily network traffic for the selected interface(s). vnStat isn't a packet sniffer. The traffic information is analyzed from the /proc-filesystem, so vnStat can be used without root permissions. See the webpage for few 'screenshots'.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.11
Release:
1.el6
Size:
102 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the vnstat package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vnstat
This command will install vnstat on the server.
yum remove vnstat
This command will un-install vnstat on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vnstat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vnstat
This command will un-install vnstat 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 vnstat when using the -y flag.
yum update vnstat
This command will update vnstat to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vnstat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vnstat
This command will update vnstat 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 vnstat when using the -y flag.
yum info vnstat
This command will show you core information about the vnstat package.
yum deplist vnstat
This command will show you the dependencies for vnstat. 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 vnstat
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vnstat. 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.