Information about the package, glib, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The glib package is designed for, A library of handy utility functions.
Package Name:
glib
Summary:
A library of handy utility functions
URL:
Description:
GLib is a handy library of utility functions. This C library is designed to solve some portability problems and provide other useful functionality that most programs require.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.10
Release:
33.el6
Size:
134 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the glib package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install glib
This command will install glib on the server.
yum remove glib
This command will un-install glib on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove glib
This command will un-install glib 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 glib when using the -y flag.
yum update glib
This command will update glib to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update glib
This command will update glib 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 glib when using the -y flag.
yum info glib
This command will show you core information about the glib package.
yum deplist glib
This command will show you the dependencies for glib. 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 glib
This command will check if there is an update waiting on glib. 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.