Information about the package, bwm-ng, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bwm-ng package is designed for, Bandwidth Monitor NG.
Package Name:
bwm-ng
Summary:
Bandwidth Monitor NG
Description:
A small and simple curses base bandwidth monitor. No big features.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.6
Release:
6.el6.2
Size:
39 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the bwm-ng package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install bwm-ng
This command will install bwm-ng on the server.
yum remove bwm-ng
This command will un-install bwm-ng on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bwm-ng, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove bwm-ng
This command will un-install bwm-ng 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 bwm-ng when using the -y flag.
yum update bwm-ng
This command will update bwm-ng to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bwm-ng, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update bwm-ng
This command will update bwm-ng 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 bwm-ng when using the -y flag.
yum info bwm-ng
This command will show you core information about the bwm-ng package.
yum deplist bwm-ng
This command will show you the dependencies for bwm-ng. 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 bwm-ng
This command will check if there is an update waiting on bwm-ng. 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.