Information about the package, newt-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The newt-devel package is designed for, Newt windowing toolkit development files.
Package Name:
newt-devel
Summary:
Newt windowing toolkit development files
Description:
The newt-devel package contains the header files and libraries necessary for developing applications which use newt. Newt is a development library for text mode user interfaces. Newt is based on the slang library. Install newt-devel if you want to develop applications which will use newt.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.52.11
Release:
4.el6
Size:
49 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the newt-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install newt-devel
This command will install newt-devel on the server.
yum remove newt-devel
This command will un-install newt-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove newt-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove newt-devel
This command will un-install newt-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 newt-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update newt-devel
This command will update newt-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove newt-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update newt-devel
This command will update newt-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 newt-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info newt-devel
This command will show you core information about the newt-devel package.
yum deplist newt-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for newt-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 newt-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on newt-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.