Information about the package, sos, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sos package is designed for, A set of tools to gather troubleshooting information from a system.
Package Name:
sos
Summary:
A set of tools to gather troubleshooting information from a system
Description:
Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and debugging. Sos is commonly used to help support technicians and developers.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
3.2
Release:
54.el6.centos.1
Size:
323 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the sos package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sos
This command will install sos on the server.
yum remove sos
This command will un-install sos on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sos, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sos
This command will un-install sos 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 sos when using the -y flag.
yum update sos
This command will update sos to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sos, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sos
This command will update sos 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 sos when using the -y flag.
yum info sos
This command will show you core information about the sos package.
yum deplist sos
This command will show you the dependencies for sos. 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 sos
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sos. 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.