Information about the package, ntp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ntp package is designed for, The NTP daemon and utilities.
Package Name:
ntp
Summary:
The NTP daemon and utilities
URL:
Description:
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer's time with another reference time source. This package includes ntpd (a daemon which continuously adjusts system time) and utilities used to query and configure the ntpd daemon. Perl scripts ntp-wait and ntptrace are in the ntp-perl package and the ntpdate program is in the ntpdate package. The documentation is in the ntp-doc package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.2.6p5
Release:
12.el6.centos.2
Size:
1.6 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
(MIT and BSD and BSD with advertising) and GPLv2
Control the ntp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ntp
This command will install ntp on the server.
yum remove ntp
This command will un-install ntp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ntp
This command will un-install ntp 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 ntp when using the -y flag.
yum update ntp
This command will update ntp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ntp
This command will update ntp 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 ntp when using the -y flag.
yum info ntp
This command will show you core information about the ntp package.
yum deplist ntp
This command will show you the dependencies for ntp. 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 ntp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ntp. 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.