Information about the package, dropwatch, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dropwatch package is designed for, Kernel dropped packet monitor.
Package Name:
dropwatch
Summary:
Kernel dropped packet monitor
Description:
dropwatch is an utility to interface to the kernel to monitor for dropped network packets.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
19 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the dropwatch package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dropwatch
This command will install dropwatch on the server.
yum remove dropwatch
This command will un-install dropwatch on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dropwatch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dropwatch
This command will un-install dropwatch 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 dropwatch when using the -y flag.
yum update dropwatch
This command will update dropwatch to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dropwatch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dropwatch
This command will update dropwatch 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 dropwatch when using the -y flag.
yum info dropwatch
This command will show you core information about the dropwatch package.
yum deplist dropwatch
This command will show you the dependencies for dropwatch. 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 dropwatch
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dropwatch. 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.