Information about the package, file-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The file-static package is designed for, Static library for file development.
Package Name:
file-static
Summary:
Static library for file development
Description:
The file-static package contains the static version of the libmagic library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.04
Release:
30.el6
Size:
76 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the file-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install file-static
This command will install file-static on the server.
yum remove file-static
This command will un-install file-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove file-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove file-static
This command will un-install file-static 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 file-static when using the -y flag.
yum update file-static
This command will update file-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove file-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update file-static
This command will update file-static 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 file-static when using the -y flag.
yum info file-static
This command will show you core information about the file-static package.
yum deplist file-static
This command will show you the dependencies for file-static. 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 file-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on file-static. 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.