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libsmi


Information about the package, libsmi, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libsmi package is designed for, A library to access SMI MIB information.


Package Name:

libsmi

Summary:

A library to access SMI MIB information

Description:

Libsmi is a C library to access MIB module information through a well defined API that hides the nasty details of locating and parsing SMIv1/v2 MIB modules. This package contains tools to check, dump, and convert MIB definitions and a steadily maintained and revised archive of all IETF and IANA maintained standard MIB modules.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.4.8

Release:

4.el6

Size:

2.4 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD and GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libsmi


Control the libsmi package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libsmi

This command will install libsmi on the server.

yum remove libsmi

This command will un-install libsmi on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libsmi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove libsmi

This command will un-install libsmi 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 libsmi when using the -y flag.

yum update libsmi

This command will update libsmi to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libsmi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update libsmi

This command will update libsmi 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 libsmi when using the -y flag.

yum info libsmi

This command will show you core information about the libsmi package.

yum deplist libsmi

This command will show you the dependencies for libsmi. 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 libsmi

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libsmi. 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.