Information about the package, libestr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libestr package is designed for, String handling essentials library.
Package Name:
libestr
Summary:
String handling essentials library
Description:
This package compiles the string handling essentials library used by the Rsyslog daemon.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.1.9
Release:
2.el6
Size:
19 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libestr package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libestr
This command will install libestr on the server.
yum remove libestr
This command will un-install libestr on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libestr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libestr
This command will un-install libestr 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 libestr when using the -y flag.
yum update libestr
This command will update libestr to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libestr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libestr
This command will update libestr 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 libestr when using the -y flag.
yum info libestr
This command will show you core information about the libestr package.
yum deplist libestr
This command will show you the dependencies for libestr. 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 libestr
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libestr. 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.