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powerman


Information about the package, powerman, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The powerman package is designed for, Centralized power control for clusters.


Package Name:

powerman

Summary:

Centralized power control for clusters

Description:

PowerMan is a tool for manipulating remote power control (RPC) devices from a central location. Several RPC varieties are supported natively by PowerMan and Expect-like configurability simplifies the addition of new devices.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.3.24

Release:

3.el6

Size:

149 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for powerman


Control the powerman package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install powerman

This command will install powerman on the server.

yum remove powerman

This command will un-install powerman on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove powerman, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove powerman

This command will un-install powerman 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 powerman when using the -y flag.

yum update powerman

This command will update powerman to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove powerman, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update powerman

This command will update powerman 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 powerman when using the -y flag.

yum info powerman

This command will show you core information about the powerman package.

yum deplist powerman

This command will show you the dependencies for powerman. 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 powerman

This command will check if there is an update waiting on powerman. 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.