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virt-top


Information about the package, virt-top, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The virt-top package is designed for, Utility like top(1) for displaying virtualization stats.


Package Name:

virt-top

Summary:

Utility like top(1) for displaying virtualization stats

Description:

virt-top is a 'top(1)'-like utility for showing stats of virtualized domains. Many keys and command line options are the same as for ordinary 'top'. It uses libvirt so it is capable of showing stats across a variety of different virtualization systems.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.0.4

Release:

3.15.el6

Size:

369 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for virt-top


Control the virt-top package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install virt-top

This command will install virt-top on the server.

yum remove virt-top

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

yum -y remove virt-top

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

yum update virt-top

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

yum -y update virt-top

This command will update virt-top 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 virt-top when using the -y flag.

yum info virt-top

This command will show you core information about the virt-top package.

yum deplist virt-top

This command will show you the dependencies for virt-top. 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 virt-top

This command will check if there is an update waiting on virt-top. 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.