Information about the package, perf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perf package is designed for, Performance monitoring for the Linux kernel.
Package Name:
perf
Summary:
Performance monitoring for the Linux kernel
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
Control the perf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
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.