Information about the package, qemu-kvm-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The qemu-kvm-tools package is designed for, KVM debugging and diagnostics tools.
Package Name:
qemu-kvm-tools
Summary:
KVM debugging and diagnostics tools
Description:
This package contains some diagnostics and debugging tools for KVM, such as kvm_stat.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.12.1.2
Release:
2.503.el6_9.6
Size:
434 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and BSD
Control the qemu-kvm-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install qemu-kvm-tools
This command will install qemu-kvm-tools on the server.
yum remove qemu-kvm-tools
This command will un-install qemu-kvm-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove qemu-kvm-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove qemu-kvm-tools
This command will un-install qemu-kvm-tools 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 qemu-kvm-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update qemu-kvm-tools
This command will update qemu-kvm-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove qemu-kvm-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update qemu-kvm-tools
This command will update qemu-kvm-tools 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 qemu-kvm-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info qemu-kvm-tools
This command will show you core information about the qemu-kvm-tools package.
yum deplist qemu-kvm-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for qemu-kvm-tools. 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 qemu-kvm-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on qemu-kvm-tools. 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.