Information about the package, libnl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libnl package is designed for, Convenience library for kernel netlink sockets.
Package Name:
libnl
Summary:
Convenience library for kernel netlink sockets
Description:
This package contains a convenience library to simplify using the Linux kernel's netlink sockets interface for network manipulation
Architecture:
i686
Version:
1.1.4
Release:
2.el6
Size:
124 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the libnl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libnl
This command will install libnl on the server.
yum remove libnl
This command will un-install libnl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libnl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libnl
This command will un-install libnl 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 libnl when using the -y flag.
yum update libnl
This command will update libnl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libnl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libnl
This command will update libnl 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 libnl when using the -y flag.
yum info libnl
This command will show you core information about the libnl package.
yum deplist libnl
This command will show you the dependencies for libnl. 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 libnl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libnl. 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.