Information about the package, rrdtool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rrdtool package is designed for, Round Robin Database Tool to store and display time-series data.
Package Name:
rrdtool
Summary:
Round Robin Database Tool to store and display time-series data
Description:
RRD is the Acronym for Round Robin Database. RRD is a system to store and display time-series data (i.e. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average). It stores the data in a very compact way that will not expand over time, and it presents useful graphs by processing the data to enforce a certain data density. It can be used either via simple wrapper scripts (from shell or Perl) or via frontends that poll network devices and put a friendly user interface on it.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3.8
Release:
10.el6
Size:
294 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ with exceptions
Control the rrdtool package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rrdtool
This command will install rrdtool on the server.
yum remove rrdtool
This command will un-install rrdtool on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rrdtool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rrdtool
This command will un-install rrdtool 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 rrdtool when using the -y flag.
yum update rrdtool
This command will update rrdtool to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rrdtool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rrdtool
This command will update rrdtool 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 rrdtool when using the -y flag.
yum info rrdtool
This command will show you core information about the rrdtool package.
yum deplist rrdtool
This command will show you the dependencies for rrdtool. 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 rrdtool
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rrdtool. 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.