Information about the package, vmtouch, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vmtouch package is designed for, Portable file system cache diagnostics and control.
Package Name:
vmtouch
Summary:
Portable file system cache diagnostics and control
Description:
Vmtouch is a tool for learning about and controlling the file system cache of Unix and Unix-like systems.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the vmtouch package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vmtouch
This command will install vmtouch on the server.
yum remove vmtouch
This command will un-install vmtouch on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vmtouch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vmtouch
This command will un-install vmtouch 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 vmtouch when using the -y flag.
yum update vmtouch
This command will update vmtouch to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vmtouch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vmtouch
This command will update vmtouch 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 vmtouch when using the -y flag.
yum info vmtouch
This command will show you core information about the vmtouch package.
yum deplist vmtouch
This command will show you the dependencies for vmtouch. 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 vmtouch
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vmtouch. 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.