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ibutils


Information about the package, ibutils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ibutils package is designed for, OpenIB Mellanox InfiniBand Diagnostic Tools.


Package Name:

ibutils

Summary:

OpenIB Mellanox InfiniBand Diagnostic Tools

Description:

ibutils provides IB network and path diagnostics.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.5.7

Release:

10.el6

Size:

1.1 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2 or BSD



Handy Yum Commands for ibutils


Control the ibutils package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install ibutils

This command will install ibutils on the server.

yum remove ibutils

This command will un-install ibutils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ibutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove ibutils

This command will un-install ibutils 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 ibutils when using the -y flag.

yum update ibutils

This command will update ibutils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ibutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update ibutils

This command will update ibutils 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 ibutils when using the -y flag.

yum info ibutils

This command will show you core information about the ibutils package.

yum deplist ibutils

This command will show you the dependencies for ibutils. 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 ibutils

This command will check if there is an update waiting on ibutils. 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.