Information about the package, libpng-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libpng-static package is designed for, Static PNG image format file library.
Package Name:
libpng-static
Summary:
Static PNG image format file library
Description:
The libpng-static package contains the statically linkable version of libpng. Linking to static libraries is discouraged for most applications, but it is necessary for some boot packages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.49
Release:
2.el6_7
Size:
81 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
zlib
Control the libpng-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libpng-static
This command will install libpng-static on the server.
yum remove libpng-static
This command will un-install libpng-static on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libpng-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libpng-static
This command will un-install libpng-static 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 libpng-static when using the -y flag.
yum update libpng-static
This command will update libpng-static to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libpng-static, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libpng-static
This command will update libpng-static 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 libpng-static when using the -y flag.
yum info libpng-static
This command will show you core information about the libpng-static package.
yum deplist libpng-static
This command will show you the dependencies for libpng-static. 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 libpng-static
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libpng-static. 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.