Information about the package, gflags, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gflags package is designed for, Library for commandline flag processing.
Package Name:
gflags
Summary:
Library for commandline flag processing
Description:
The gflags package contains a library that implements commandline flags processing. As such it's a replacement for getopt(). It has increased flexibility, including built-in support for C++ types like string, and the ability to define flags in the source file in which they're used.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3
Release:
7.el6
Size:
68 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the gflags package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gflags
This command will install gflags on the server.
yum remove gflags
This command will un-install gflags on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gflags, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gflags
This command will un-install gflags 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 gflags when using the -y flag.
yum update gflags
This command will update gflags to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gflags, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gflags
This command will update gflags 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 gflags when using the -y flag.
yum info gflags
This command will show you core information about the gflags package.
yum deplist gflags
This command will show you the dependencies for gflags. 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 gflags
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gflags. 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.