Information about the package, iptables-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The iptables-devel package is designed for, Development package for iptables.
Package Name:
iptables-devel
Summary:
Development package for iptables
Description:
iptables development headers and libraries. The iptc interface is upstream marked as not public. The interface is not stable and may change with every new version. It is therefore unsupported.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.7
Release:
16.el6
Size:
48 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the iptables-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install iptables-devel
This command will install iptables-devel on the server.
yum remove iptables-devel
This command will un-install iptables-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iptables-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove iptables-devel
This command will un-install iptables-devel 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 iptables-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update iptables-devel
This command will update iptables-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove iptables-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update iptables-devel
This command will update iptables-devel 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 iptables-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info iptables-devel
This command will show you core information about the iptables-devel package.
yum deplist iptables-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for iptables-devel. 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 iptables-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on iptables-devel. 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.