vmware / vmware/photon

photon is missing iftop

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Description

iftop should be a standard part of photon.

root@ip-10-200-2-109 [ /usr/bin ]# tdnf install -y iftop
No package iftop available
Error(1011) : No matching packages```

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported tdnf install -y iftop failure on Photon and inspect how standard packages become available through tdnf. The work is done when iftop is included in Photon’s standard package repositories and the command succeeds.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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