Information about the package, libidn2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libidn2 package is designed for, Library to support IDNA2008 internationalized domain names.
Package Name:
libidn2
Summary:
Library to support IDNA2008 internationalized domain names
Description:
Libidn2 is an implementation of the IDNA2008 specifications in RFC 5890, 5891, 5892, 5893 and TR46 for internationalized domain names (IDN). It is a standalone library, without any dependency on libidn.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.4
Release:
4.el6
Size:
140 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
(GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+) and GPLv3+
Control the libidn2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libidn2
This command will install libidn2 on the server.
yum remove libidn2
This command will un-install libidn2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libidn2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libidn2
This command will un-install libidn2 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 libidn2 when using the -y flag.
yum update libidn2
This command will update libidn2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libidn2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libidn2
This command will update libidn2 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 libidn2 when using the -y flag.
yum info libidn2
This command will show you core information about the libidn2 package.
yum deplist libidn2
This command will show you the dependencies for libidn2. 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 libidn2
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libidn2. 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.