Information about the package, trace-cmd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The trace-cmd package is designed for, trace-cmd is a user interface to Ftrace.
Package Name:
trace-cmd
Summary:
trace-cmd is a user interface to Ftrace
Description:
trace-cmd is a user interface to Ftrace. Instead of needing to use the debugfs directly, trace-cmd will handle of setting of options and tracers and will record into a data file.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.2.4
Release:
4.el6
Size:
1.5 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and LGPLv2+
Control the trace-cmd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install trace-cmd
This command will install trace-cmd on the server.
yum remove trace-cmd
This command will un-install trace-cmd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove trace-cmd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove trace-cmd
This command will un-install trace-cmd 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 trace-cmd when using the -y flag.
yum update trace-cmd
This command will update trace-cmd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove trace-cmd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update trace-cmd
This command will update trace-cmd 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 trace-cmd when using the -y flag.
yum info trace-cmd
This command will show you core information about the trace-cmd package.
yum deplist trace-cmd
This command will show you the dependencies for trace-cmd. 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 trace-cmd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on trace-cmd. 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.