Information about the package, traceroute, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The traceroute package is designed for, Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network.
Package Name:
traceroute
Summary:
Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network
Description:
The traceroute utility displays the route used by IP packets on their way to a specified network (or Internet) host. Traceroute displays the IP number and host name (if possible) of the machines along the route taken by the packets. Traceroute is used as a network debugging tool. If you're having network connectivity problems, traceroute will show you where the trouble is coming from along the route. Install traceroute if you need a tool for diagnosing network connectivity problems.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.14
Release:
2.el6
Size:
80 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the traceroute package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install traceroute
This command will install traceroute on the server.
yum remove traceroute
This command will un-install traceroute on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove traceroute, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove traceroute
This command will un-install traceroute 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 traceroute when using the -y flag.
yum update traceroute
This command will update traceroute to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove traceroute, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update traceroute
This command will update traceroute 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 traceroute when using the -y flag.
yum info traceroute
This command will show you core information about the traceroute package.
yum deplist traceroute
This command will show you the dependencies for traceroute. 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 traceroute
This command will check if there is an update waiting on traceroute. 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.