Information about the package, libpurple-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libpurple-devel package is designed for, Development headers, documentation, and libraries for libpurple.
Package Name:
libpurple-devel
Summary:
Development headers, documentation, and libraries for libpurple
URL:
Description:
The libpurple-devel package contains the header files, developer documentation, and libraries required for development of libpurple based instant messaging clients or plugins for any libpurple based client.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.7.9
Release:
28.el6
Size:
210 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GPLv2 and MIT
Control the libpurple-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libpurple-devel
This command will install libpurple-devel on the server.
yum remove libpurple-devel
This command will un-install libpurple-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libpurple-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libpurple-devel
This command will un-install libpurple-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 libpurple-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update libpurple-devel
This command will update libpurple-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libpurple-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libpurple-devel
This command will update libpurple-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 libpurple-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info libpurple-devel
This command will show you core information about the libpurple-devel package.
yum deplist libpurple-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for libpurple-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 libpurple-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libpurple-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.