Information about the package, liboil, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The liboil package is designed for, Library of Optimized Inner Loops, CPU optimized functions.
Package Name:
liboil
Summary:
Library of Optimized Inner Loops, CPU optimized functions
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:
121 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the liboil package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install liboil
This command will install liboil on the server.
yum remove liboil
This command will un-install liboil on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove liboil, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove liboil
This command will un-install liboil 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update liboil
This command will update liboil to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove liboil, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update liboil
This command will update liboil 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info liboil
This command will show you core information about the liboil package.
yum deplist liboil
This command will show you the dependencies for liboil. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on liboil. 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.