Information about the package, lhapdf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lhapdf package is designed for, Les Houches Accord PDF Interface.
Package Name:
lhapdf
Summary:
Les Houches Accord PDF Interface
Description:
LHAPDF provides a unified and easy to use interface to modern PDF sets. It is designed to work not only with individual PDF sets but also with the more recent multiple "error" sets. It can be viewed as the successor to PDFLIB, incorporating many of the older sets found in the latter, including pion and photon PDFs. In LHAPDF the computer code and input parameters/grids are separated thus allowing more easy updating and no limit to the expansion possibilities.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.9.1
Release:
23.el6
Size:
682 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the lhapdf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lhapdf
This command will install lhapdf on the server.
yum remove lhapdf
This command will un-install lhapdf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lhapdf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lhapdf
This command will un-install lhapdf 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 lhapdf when using the -y flag.
yum update lhapdf
This command will update lhapdf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lhapdf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lhapdf
This command will update lhapdf 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 lhapdf when using the -y flag.
yum info lhapdf
This command will show you core information about the lhapdf package.
yum deplist lhapdf
This command will show you the dependencies for lhapdf. 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 lhapdf
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lhapdf. 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.