Information about the package, dpkg-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dpkg-devel package is designed for, Debian package management static library.
Package Name:
dpkg-devel
Summary:
Debian package management static library
Description:
This package provides the header files and static library necessary to develop software using dpkg, the same library used internally by dpkg. Note though, that the API is to be considered volatile, and might change at any time, use at your own risk.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.16.18
Release:
2.el6
Size:
101 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and Public Domain and BSD
Control the dpkg-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dpkg-devel
This command will install dpkg-devel on the server.
yum remove dpkg-devel
This command will un-install dpkg-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dpkg-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dpkg-devel
This command will un-install dpkg-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 dpkg-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update dpkg-devel
This command will update dpkg-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dpkg-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dpkg-devel
This command will update dpkg-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 dpkg-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info dpkg-devel
This command will show you core information about the dpkg-devel package.
yum deplist dpkg-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for dpkg-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 dpkg-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dpkg-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.