Information about the package, imake, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The imake package is designed for, imake source code configuration and build system.
Package Name:
imake
Summary:
imake source code configuration and build system
URL:
Description:
Imake is a deprecated source code configuration and build system which has traditionally been supplied by and used to build the X Window System in X11R6 and previous releases. As of the X Window System X11R7 release, the X Window system has switched to using GNU autotools as the primary build system, and the Imake system is now deprecated, and should not be used by new software projects. Software developers are encouraged to migrate software to the GNU autotools system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.2
Release:
11.el6
Size:
262 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the imake package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install imake
This command will install imake on the server.
yum remove imake
This command will un-install imake on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove imake, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove imake
This command will un-install imake 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 imake when using the -y flag.
yum update imake
This command will update imake to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove imake, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update imake
This command will update imake 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 imake when using the -y flag.
yum info imake
This command will show you core information about the imake package.
yum deplist imake
This command will show you the dependencies for imake. 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 imake
This command will check if there is an update waiting on imake. 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.