Information about the package, gmp-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gmp-static package is designed for, Development tools for the GNU MP arbitrary precision library.
Package Name:
gmp-static
Summary:
Development tools for the GNU MP arbitrary precision library
URL:
Description:
The static libraries for using the GNU MP arbitrary precision library in applications.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.3.1
Release:
12.el6
Size:
302 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+
Control the gmp-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gmp-static
This command will install gmp-static on the server.
yum remove gmp-static
This command will un-install gmp-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gmp-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gmp-static
This command will un-install gmp-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 gmp-static when using the -y flag.
yum update gmp-static
This command will update gmp-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gmp-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gmp-static
This command will update gmp-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 gmp-static when using the -y flag.
yum info gmp-static
This command will show you core information about the gmp-static package.
yum deplist gmp-static
This command will show you the dependencies for gmp-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 gmp-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gmp-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.