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dapl


Information about the package, dapl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dapl package is designed for, Library providing access to the DAT 2.0 API.


Package Name:

dapl

Summary:

Library providing access to the DAT 2.0 API

Description:

libdat and libdapl provide a userspace implementation of the DAT 2.0 API and is built to natively support InfiniBand/iWARP network technology.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.0.34

Release:

2.el6

Size:

168 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2 or BSD or CPL



Handy Yum Commands for dapl


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install dapl

This command will install dapl on the server.

yum remove dapl

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

yum -y remove dapl

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

yum update dapl

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

yum -y update dapl

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

yum info dapl

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

yum deplist dapl

This command will show you the dependencies for dapl. 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 dapl

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