Information about the package, rpm-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rpm-devel package is designed for, Development files for manipulating RPM packages.
Package Name:
rpm-devel
Summary:
Development files for manipulating RPM packages
URL:
Description:
This package contains the RPM C library and header files. These development files will simplify the process of writing programs that manipulate RPM packages and databases. These files are intended to simplify the process of creating graphical package managers or any other tools that need an intimate knowledge of RPM packages in order to function. This package should be installed if you want to develop programs that will manipulate RPM packages and databases.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.8.0
Release:
55.el6
Size:
97 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions
Control the rpm-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install rpm-devel
This command will install rpm-devel on the server.
yum remove rpm-devel
This command will un-install rpm-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rpm-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove rpm-devel
This command will un-install rpm-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 rpm-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update rpm-devel
This command will update rpm-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rpm-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update rpm-devel
This command will update rpm-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 rpm-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info rpm-devel
This command will show you core information about the rpm-devel package.
yum deplist rpm-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for rpm-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 rpm-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on rpm-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.