Information about the package, libnova, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libnova package is designed for, Libnova is a general purpose astronomy & astrodynamics library.
Package Name:
libnova
Summary:
Libnova is a general purpose astronomy & astrodynamics library
Description:
Libnova is a general purpose, double precision, celestial mechanics, astrometry and astrodynamics library
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.12.1
Release:
5.el6
Size:
917 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libnova package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libnova
This command will install libnova on the server.
yum remove libnova
This command will un-install libnova on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libnova, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libnova
This command will un-install libnova 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 libnova when using the -y flag.
yum update libnova
This command will update libnova to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libnova, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libnova
This command will update libnova 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 libnova when using the -y flag.
yum info libnova
This command will show you core information about the libnova package.
yum deplist libnova
This command will show you the dependencies for libnova. 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 libnova
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libnova. 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.