Information about the package, sysvinit-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sysvinit-tools package is designed for, Tools used for process and utmp management..
Package Name:
sysvinit-tools
Summary:
Tools used for process and utmp management.
Description:
The sysvinit-tools package contains various tools used for process management.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.87
Release:
6.dsf.el6
Size:
111 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the sysvinit-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sysvinit-tools
This command will install sysvinit-tools on the server.
yum remove sysvinit-tools
This command will un-install sysvinit-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sysvinit-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sysvinit-tools
This command will un-install sysvinit-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 sysvinit-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update sysvinit-tools
This command will update sysvinit-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sysvinit-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sysvinit-tools
This command will update sysvinit-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 sysvinit-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info sysvinit-tools
This command will show you core information about the sysvinit-tools package.
yum deplist sysvinit-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for sysvinit-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 sysvinit-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sysvinit-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.