perf

Package Name:

perf

Summary:

Performance monitoring for the Linux kernel

URL:

http://www.kernel.org/

Description:

This package provides the perf tool and the supporting documentation.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.6.32

Release:

696.30.1.el6

Size:

4.7 M

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2

Command

Description of Command

yum install perf

This command will install perf on the server.

yum remove perf

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

yum -y remove perf

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

yum update perf

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

yum -y update perf

This command will update perf 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 perf when using the -y flag.

yum info perf

This command will show you core information about the perf package.

yum deplist perf

This command will show you the dependencies for perf. 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 perf

This command will check if there is an update waiting on perf. 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.

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