Information about the package, ccache, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ccache package is designed for, C/C++ compiler cache.
Package Name:
ccache
Summary:
C/C++ compiler cache
Description:
ccache is a compiler cache. It speeds up recompilation of C/C++ code by caching previous compiles and detecting when the same compile is being done again. The main focus is to handle the GNU C/C++ compiler (GCC), but it may also work with compilers that mimic GCC good enough.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.1.6
Release:
2.el6
Size:
122 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the ccache package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ccache
This command will install ccache on the server.
yum remove ccache
This command will un-install ccache on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ccache, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ccache
This command will un-install ccache 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 ccache when using the -y flag.
yum update ccache
This command will update ccache to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ccache, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ccache
This command will update ccache 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 ccache when using the -y flag.
yum info ccache
This command will show you core information about the ccache package.
yum deplist ccache
This command will show you the dependencies for ccache. 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 ccache
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ccache. 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.