Information about the package, http-parser, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The http-parser package is designed for, HTTP request/response parser for C.
Package Name:
http-parser
Summary:
HTTP request/response parser for C
Description:
This is a parser for HTTP messages written in C. It parses both requests and responses. The parser is designed to be used in performance HTTP applications. It does not make any syscalls nor allocations, it does not buffer data, it can be interrupted at anytime. Depending on your architecture, it only requires about 40 bytes of data per message stream (in a web server that is per connection).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0
Release:
4.20121128gitcd01361.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the http-parser package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install http-parser
This command will install http-parser on the server.
yum remove http-parser
This command will un-install http-parser on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove http-parser, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove http-parser
This command will un-install http-parser 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 http-parser when using the -y flag.
yum update http-parser
This command will update http-parser to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove http-parser, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update http-parser
This command will update http-parser 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 http-parser when using the -y flag.
yum info http-parser
This command will show you core information about the http-parser package.
yum deplist http-parser
This command will show you the dependencies for http-parser. 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 http-parser
This command will check if there is an update waiting on http-parser. 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.