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time


Information about the package, time, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The time package is designed for, A GNU utility for monitoring a program's use of system resources.


Package Name:

time

Summary:

A GNU utility for monitoring a program's use of system resources

Description:

The GNU time utility runs another program, collects information about the resources used by that program while it is running, and displays the results.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.7

Release:

38.el6

Size:

26 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for time


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install time

This command will install time on the server.

yum remove time

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

yum -y remove time

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

yum update time

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

yum -y update time

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

yum info time

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

yum deplist time

This command will show you the dependencies for time. 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 time

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