Information about the package, elfutils-libelf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The elfutils-libelf package is designed for, Library to read and write ELF files.
Package Name:
elfutils-libelf
Summary:
Library to read and write ELF files
Description:
The elfutils-libelf package provides a DSO which allows reading and writing ELF files on a high level. Third party programs depend on this package to read internals of ELF files. The programs of the elfutils package use it also to generate new ELF files.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
0.164
Release:
2.el6
Size:
204 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+
Control the elfutils-libelf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install elfutils-libelf
This command will install elfutils-libelf on the server.
yum remove elfutils-libelf
This command will un-install elfutils-libelf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove elfutils-libelf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove elfutils-libelf
This command will un-install elfutils-libelf 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 elfutils-libelf when using the -y flag.
yum update elfutils-libelf
This command will update elfutils-libelf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove elfutils-libelf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update elfutils-libelf
This command will update elfutils-libelf 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 elfutils-libelf when using the -y flag.
yum info elfutils-libelf
This command will show you core information about the elfutils-libelf package.
yum deplist elfutils-libelf
This command will show you the dependencies for elfutils-libelf. 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 elfutils-libelf
This command will check if there is an update waiting on elfutils-libelf. 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.