Information about the package, pps-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pps-tools package is designed for, LinuxPPS user-space tools.
Package Name:
pps-tools
Summary:
LinuxPPS user-space tools
Description:
This package includes the LinuxPPS user-space tools.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0
Release:
0.12.20120407git0deb9c.el6
Size:
20 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the pps-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pps-tools
This command will install pps-tools on the server.
yum remove pps-tools
This command will un-install pps-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pps-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pps-tools
This command will un-install pps-tools 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 pps-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update pps-tools
This command will update pps-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pps-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pps-tools
This command will update pps-tools 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 pps-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info pps-tools
This command will show you core information about the pps-tools package.
yum deplist pps-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for pps-tools. 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 pps-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pps-tools. 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.