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automake16


Information about the package, automake16, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The automake16 package is designed for, A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles.


Package Name:

automake16

Summary:

A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles

Description:

Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. This package contains Automake 1.6, an older version of Automake. You should install it if you need to run automake in a project that has not yet been updated to work with latest version of Automake.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

1.6.3

Release:

18.el6.1

Size:

283 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+ and MIT and OFSFDL



Handy Yum Commands for automake16


Control the automake16 package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install automake16

This command will install automake16 on the server.

yum remove automake16

This command will un-install automake16 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove automake16, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove automake16

This command will un-install automake16 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 automake16 when using the -y flag.

yum update automake16

This command will update automake16 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove automake16, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update automake16

This command will update automake16 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 automake16 when using the -y flag.

yum info automake16

This command will show you core information about the automake16 package.

yum deplist automake16

This command will show you the dependencies for automake16. 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 automake16

This command will check if there is an update waiting on automake16. 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.