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libtiff-static


Information about the package, libtiff-static, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libtiff-static package is designed for, Static TIFF image format file library.


Package Name:

libtiff-static

Summary:

Static TIFF image format file library

Description:

The libtiff-static package contains the statically linkable version of libtiff. Linking to static libraries is discouraged for most applications, but it is necessary for some boot packages.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.9.4

Release:

21.el6_8

Size:

151 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

libtiff



Handy Yum Commands for libtiff-static


Control the libtiff-static package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libtiff-static

This command will install libtiff-static on the server.

yum remove libtiff-static

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

yum -y remove libtiff-static

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

yum update libtiff-static

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

yum -y update libtiff-static

This command will update libtiff-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 libtiff-static when using the -y flag.

yum info libtiff-static

This command will show you core information about the libtiff-static package.

yum deplist libtiff-static

This command will show you the dependencies for libtiff-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 libtiff-static

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