Information about the package, tbb, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tbb package is designed for, The Threading Building Blocks library abstracts low-level.
Package Name:
tbb
Summary:
The Threading Building Blocks library abstracts low-level
Description:
Threading Building Blocks (TBB) is a C++ runtime library that abstracts the low-level threading details necessary for optimal multi-core performance. It uses common C++ templates and coding style to eliminate tedious threading implementation work. TBB requires fewer lines of code to achieve parallelism than other threading models. The applications you write are portable across platforms. Since the library is also inherently scalable, no code maintenance is required as more processor cores become available.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.2
Release:
3.20090809.el6
Size:
75 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 with exceptions
Control the tbb package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tbb
This command will install tbb on the server.
yum remove tbb
This command will un-install tbb on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tbb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tbb
This command will un-install tbb 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 tbb when using the -y flag.
yum update tbb
This command will update tbb to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tbb, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tbb
This command will update tbb 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 tbb when using the -y flag.
yum info tbb
This command will show you core information about the tbb package.
yum deplist tbb
This command will show you the dependencies for tbb. 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 tbb
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tbb. 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.