Information about the package, memtester, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The memtester package is designed for, Utility to test for faulty memory subsystem.
Package Name:
memtester
Summary:
Utility to test for faulty memory subsystem
Description:
memtester is a utility for testing the memory subsystem in a computer to determine if it is faulty.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.2.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
25 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the memtester package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install memtester
This command will install memtester on the server.
yum remove memtester
This command will un-install memtester on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove memtester, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove memtester
This command will un-install memtester 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 memtester when using the -y flag.
yum update memtester
This command will update memtester to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove memtester, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update memtester
This command will update memtester 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 memtester when using the -y flag.
yum info memtester
This command will show you core information about the memtester package.
yum deplist memtester
This command will show you the dependencies for memtester. 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 memtester
This command will check if there is an update waiting on memtester. 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.