Information about the package, liboil-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The liboil-devel package is designed for, Development files and static library for liboil.
Package Name:
liboil-devel
Summary:
Development files and static library for liboil
Description:
Liboil is a library of simple functions that are optimized for various CPUs. These functions are generally loops implementing simple algorithms, such as converting an array of N integers to floating-poing numbers or multiplying and summing an array of N numbers. Clearly such functions are candidates for significant optimization using various techniques, especially by using extended instructions provided by modern CPUs (Altivec, MMX, SSE, etc.).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.3.16
Release:
4.1.el6
Size:
83 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the liboil-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install liboil-devel
This command will install liboil-devel on the server.
yum remove liboil-devel
This command will un-install liboil-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove liboil-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove liboil-devel
This command will un-install liboil-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 liboil-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update liboil-devel
This command will update liboil-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove liboil-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update liboil-devel
This command will update liboil-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 liboil-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info liboil-devel
This command will show you core information about the liboil-devel package.
yum deplist liboil-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for liboil-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 liboil-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on liboil-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.