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libmsn


Information about the package, libmsn, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libmsn package is designed for, Library for connecting to the MSN Messenger service.


Package Name:

libmsn

Summary:

Library for connecting to the MSN Messenger service

Description:

Libmsn is a reusable, open-source, fully documented library for connecting to the MSN Messenger service.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.0

Release:

0.15.beta8.1.el6

Size:

269 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for libmsn


Control the libmsn package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libmsn

This command will install libmsn on the server.

yum remove libmsn

This command will un-install libmsn on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libmsn, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove libmsn

This command will un-install libmsn 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 libmsn when using the -y flag.

yum update libmsn

This command will update libmsn to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libmsn, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update libmsn

This command will update libmsn 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 libmsn when using the -y flag.

yum info libmsn

This command will show you core information about the libmsn package.

yum deplist libmsn

This command will show you the dependencies for libmsn. 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 libmsn

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libmsn. 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.