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sigar


Information about the package, sigar, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sigar package is designed for, System Information Gatherer And Reporter.


Package Name:

sigar

Summary:

System Information Gatherer And Reporter

Description:

The Sigar API provides a portable interface for gathering system information such as: - System memory, swap, CPU, load average, uptime, logins - Per-process memory, CPU, credential info, state, arguments, environment, open files - File system detection and metrics - Network interface detection, configuration info and metrics - Network route and connection tables This information is available in most operating systems, but each OS has their own way(s) providing it. SIGAR provides developers with one API to access this information regardless of the underlying platform.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.6.5

Release:

0.4.git58097d9.el6

Size:

67 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

ASL 2.0



Handy Yum Commands for sigar


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install sigar

This command will install sigar on the server.

yum remove sigar

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

yum -y remove sigar

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

yum update sigar

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

yum -y update sigar

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

yum info sigar

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

yum deplist sigar

This command will show you the dependencies for sigar. 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 sigar

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