Information about the package, tlp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tlp package is designed for, Advanced power management tool for Linux.
Package Name:
tlp
Summary:
Advanced power management tool for Linux
Description:
TLP brings you the benefits of advanced power management for Linux without the need to understand every technical detail. TLP comes with a default configuration already optimized for battery life. Also an optional install of the smartmontools package enables hard disk SMART data in tlp-stat (smartctl).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
66 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the tlp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tlp
This command will install tlp on the server.
yum remove tlp
This command will un-install tlp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tlp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tlp
This command will un-install tlp 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 tlp when using the -y flag.
yum update tlp
This command will update tlp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tlp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tlp
This command will update tlp 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 tlp when using the -y flag.
yum info tlp
This command will show you core information about the tlp package.
yum deplist tlp
This command will show you the dependencies for tlp. 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 tlp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tlp. 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.