Information about the package, ppl-pwl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ppl-pwl package is designed for, The Parma Watchdog Library: a C++ library for watchdog timers.
Package Name:
ppl-pwl
Summary:
The Parma Watchdog Library: a C++ library for watchdog timers
Description:
The Parma Watchdog Library (PWL) provides support for multiple, concurrent watchdog timers on systems providing setitimer(2). This package provides all what is necessary to run applications using the PWL. The PWL is currently distributed with the Parma Polyhedra Library, but is totally independent from it.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.10.2
Release:
11.el6
Size:
35 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the ppl-pwl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ppl-pwl
This command will install ppl-pwl on the server.
yum remove ppl-pwl
This command will un-install ppl-pwl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ppl-pwl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ppl-pwl
This command will un-install ppl-pwl 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 ppl-pwl when using the -y flag.
yum update ppl-pwl
This command will update ppl-pwl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ppl-pwl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ppl-pwl
This command will update ppl-pwl 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 ppl-pwl when using the -y flag.
yum info ppl-pwl
This command will show you core information about the ppl-pwl package.
yum deplist ppl-pwl
This command will show you the dependencies for ppl-pwl. 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 ppl-pwl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ppl-pwl. 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.