Information about the package, libtar-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libtar-devel package is designed for, Development files for libtar.
Package Name:
libtar-devel
Summary:
Development files for libtar
Description:
The libtar-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libtar.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.11
Release:
17.el6_4.1
Size:
30 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the libtar-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libtar-devel
This command will install libtar-devel on the server.
yum remove libtar-devel
This command will un-install libtar-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libtar-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libtar-devel
This command will un-install libtar-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 libtar-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update libtar-devel
This command will update libtar-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libtar-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libtar-devel
This command will update libtar-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 libtar-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info libtar-devel
This command will show you core information about the libtar-devel package.
yum deplist libtar-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for libtar-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 libtar-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libtar-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.