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cppad-devel


Information about the package, cppad-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cppad-devel package is designed for, Development libraries for cppad.


Package Name:

cppad-devel

Summary:

Development libraries for cppad

Description:

We refer to the step by step conversion from an algorithm that computes function values to an algorithm that computes derivative values as Algorithmic Differentiation (often referred to as Automatic Differentiation.) Given a C++ algorithm that computes function values, cppad generates an algorithm that computes its derivative values. A brief introduction to Algorithmic Differentiation (AD) can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_differentiation

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

20100101.4

Release:

1.el6

Size:

199 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for cppad-devel


Control the cppad-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install cppad-devel

This command will install cppad-devel on the server.

yum remove cppad-devel

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

yum -y remove cppad-devel

This command will un-install cppad-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 cppad-devel when using the -y flag.

yum update cppad-devel

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

yum -y update cppad-devel

This command will update cppad-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 cppad-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info cppad-devel

This command will show you core information about the cppad-devel package.

yum deplist cppad-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for cppad-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 cppad-devel

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