Information about the package, compat-glibc-headers, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The compat-glibc-headers package is designed for, Header files for development using standard C libraries..
Package Name:
compat-glibc-headers
Summary:
Header files for development using standard C libraries.
Description:
The compat-glibc-headers package contains the header files from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.5
Release:
46.2
Size:
448 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+
Control the compat-glibc-headers package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install compat-glibc-headers
This command will install compat-glibc-headers on the server.
yum remove compat-glibc-headers
This command will un-install compat-glibc-headers on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-glibc-headers, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove compat-glibc-headers
This command will un-install compat-glibc-headers 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 compat-glibc-headers when using the -y flag.
yum update compat-glibc-headers
This command will update compat-glibc-headers to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove compat-glibc-headers, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update compat-glibc-headers
This command will update compat-glibc-headers 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 compat-glibc-headers when using the -y flag.
yum info compat-glibc-headers
This command will show you core information about the compat-glibc-headers package.
yum deplist compat-glibc-headers
This command will show you the dependencies for compat-glibc-headers. 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 compat-glibc-headers
This command will check if there is an update waiting on compat-glibc-headers. 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.