Information about the package, nagios-plugins-check-updates, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nagios-plugins-check-updates package is designed for, A Nagios plugin to check if Red Hat or Fedora system is up-to-date.
Package Name:
nagios-plugins-check-updates
Summary:
A Nagios plugin to check if Red Hat or Fedora system is up-to-date
Description:
A Nagios plugin to check if Red Hat or Fedora system is up-to-date.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.6.9
Release:
1.el6
Size:
33 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the nagios-plugins-check-updates package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nagios-plugins-check-updates
This command will install nagios-plugins-check-updates on the server.
yum remove nagios-plugins-check-updates
This command will un-install nagios-plugins-check-updates on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nagios-plugins-check-updates, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nagios-plugins-check-updates
This command will un-install nagios-plugins-check-updates 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 nagios-plugins-check-updates when using the -y flag.
yum update nagios-plugins-check-updates
This command will update nagios-plugins-check-updates to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nagios-plugins-check-updates, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nagios-plugins-check-updates
This command will update nagios-plugins-check-updates 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 nagios-plugins-check-updates when using the -y flag.
yum info nagios-plugins-check-updates
This command will show you core information about the nagios-plugins-check-updates package.
yum deplist nagios-plugins-check-updates
This command will show you the dependencies for nagios-plugins-check-updates. 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 nagios-plugins-check-updates
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nagios-plugins-check-updates. 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.