Information about the package, dbench, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dbench package is designed for, Filesystem load benchmarking tool.
Package Name:
dbench
Summary:
Filesystem load benchmarking tool
Description:
Dbench is a file system benchmark that generates load patterns similar to those of the commercial Netbench benchmark, but without requiring a lab of Windows load generators to run. It is now considered a de facto standard for generating load on the Linux VFS.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.0
Release:
4.el6
Size:
1.2 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the dbench package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dbench
This command will install dbench on the server.
yum remove dbench
This command will un-install dbench on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dbench, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dbench
This command will un-install dbench 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 dbench when using the -y flag.
yum update dbench
This command will update dbench to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dbench, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dbench
This command will update dbench 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 dbench when using the -y flag.
yum info dbench
This command will show you core information about the dbench package.
yum deplist dbench
This command will show you the dependencies for dbench. 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 dbench
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dbench. 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.