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liblzf


Information about the package, liblzf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The liblzf package is designed for, Small data compression library.


Package Name:

liblzf

Summary:

Small data compression library

Description:

LibLZF is a very small data compression library. It consists of only two .c and two .h files and is very easy to incorporate into your own programs. The compression algorithm is very, very fast, yet still written in portable C.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.6

Release:

2.el6

Size:

20 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD or GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for liblzf


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install liblzf

This command will install liblzf on the server.

yum remove liblzf

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

yum -y remove liblzf

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

yum update liblzf

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

yum -y update liblzf

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

yum info liblzf

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

yum deplist liblzf

This command will show you the dependencies for liblzf. 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 liblzf

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