Information about the package, erfa, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The erfa package is designed for, Essential Routines for Fundamental Astronomy.
Package Name:
erfa
Summary:
Essential Routines for Fundamental Astronomy
Description:
ERFA is a C library containing key algorithms for astronomy, and is based on the SOFA library published by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.0
Release:
1.el6.1
Size:
122 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the erfa package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install erfa
This command will install erfa on the server.
yum remove erfa
This command will un-install erfa on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove erfa, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove erfa
This command will un-install erfa 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 erfa when using the -y flag.
yum update erfa
This command will update erfa to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove erfa, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update erfa
This command will update erfa 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 erfa when using the -y flag.
yum info erfa
This command will show you core information about the erfa package.
yum deplist erfa
This command will show you the dependencies for erfa. 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 erfa
This command will check if there is an update waiting on erfa. 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.