Information about the package, sx, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sx package is designed for, Tool to extract reports and run plug-ins against those extracted.
Package Name:
sx
Summary:
Tool to extract reports and run plug-ins against those extracted
Description:
sxconsole is a tool used to extract various report types and then analyze those extracted reports with plug-ins. The tool also provides an archiving structure so that all the compressed and extracted reports are saved to a directory. This tool was developed for sysreport/sosreports but has been expanded to include any report that has a class defined.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.17
Release:
1.el6
Size:
271 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the sx package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sx
This command will install sx on the server.
yum remove sx
This command will un-install sx on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sx
This command will un-install sx 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 sx when using the -y flag.
yum update sx
This command will update sx to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sx
This command will update sx 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 sx when using the -y flag.
yum info sx
This command will show you core information about the sx package.
yum deplist sx
This command will show you the dependencies for sx. 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 sx
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sx. 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.