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libmcrypt-devel


Information about the package, libmcrypt-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libmcrypt-devel package is designed for, Development libraries and headers for libmcrypt.


Package Name:

libmcrypt-devel

Summary:

Development libraries and headers for libmcrypt

Description:

Development libraries and headers for use in building applications that use libmcrypt.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.5.8

Release:

9.el6

Size:

12 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libmcrypt-devel


Control the libmcrypt-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libmcrypt-devel

This command will install libmcrypt-devel on the server.

yum remove libmcrypt-devel

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

yum -y remove libmcrypt-devel

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

yum update libmcrypt-devel

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

yum -y update libmcrypt-devel

This command will update libmcrypt-devel 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 libmcrypt-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info libmcrypt-devel

This command will show you core information about the libmcrypt-devel package.

yum deplist libmcrypt-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for libmcrypt-devel. 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 libmcrypt-devel

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libmcrypt-devel. 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.