Information about the package, fping, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fping package is designed for, Scriptable, parallelized ping-like utility.
Package Name:
fping
Summary:
Scriptable, parallelized ping-like utility
Description:
fping is a ping-like program which can determine the accessibility of multiple hosts using ICMP echo requests. fping is designed for parallelized monitoring of large numbers of systems, and is developed with ease of use in scripting in mind.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4b2
Release:
10.el6
Size:
31 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD with advertising
Control the fping package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fping
This command will install fping on the server.
yum remove fping
This command will un-install fping on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fping, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fping
This command will un-install fping 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 fping when using the -y flag.
yum update fping
This command will update fping to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fping, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fping
This command will update fping 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 fping when using the -y flag.
yum info fping
This command will show you core information about the fping package.
yum deplist fping
This command will show you the dependencies for fping. 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 fping
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fping. 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.