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python-psutil


Information about the package, python-psutil, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-psutil package is designed for, A process and system utilities module for Python.


Package Name:

python-psutil

Summary:

A process and system utilities module for Python

Description:

psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network, users) in a portable way by using Python, implementing many functionalities offered by command line tools such as: ps, top, df, kill, free, lsof, free, netstat, ifconfig, nice, ionice, iostat, iotop, uptime, pidof, tty, who, taskset, pmap.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.6.1

Release:

1.el6

Size:

84 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for python-psutil


Control the python-psutil package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install python-psutil

This command will install python-psutil on the server.

yum remove python-psutil

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

yum -y remove python-psutil

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

yum update python-psutil

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

yum -y update python-psutil

This command will update python-psutil 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 python-psutil when using the -y flag.

yum info python-psutil

This command will show you core information about the python-psutil package.

yum deplist python-psutil

This command will show you the dependencies for python-psutil. 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 python-psutil

This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-psutil. 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.