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lcov


Information about the package, lcov, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lcov package is designed for, LTP GCOV extension code coverage tool.


Package Name:

lcov

Summary:

LTP GCOV extension code coverage tool

Description:

LCOV is an extension of GCOV, a GNU tool which provides information about what parts of a program are actually executed (i.e. "covered") while running a particular test case. The extension consists of a set of PERL scripts which build on the textual GCOV output to implement HTML output and support for large projects.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

1.10

Release:

4.el6

Size:

96 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for lcov


Control the lcov package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install lcov

This command will install lcov on the server.

yum remove lcov

This command will un-install lcov on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lcov, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove lcov

This command will un-install lcov 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 lcov when using the -y flag.

yum update lcov

This command will update lcov to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lcov, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update lcov

This command will update lcov 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 lcov when using the -y flag.

yum info lcov

This command will show you core information about the lcov package.

yum deplist lcov

This command will show you the dependencies for lcov. 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 lcov

This command will check if there is an update waiting on lcov. 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.