Information about the package, liboping, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The liboping package is designed for, C library to generate ICMP echo requests.
Package Name:
liboping
Summary:
C library to generate ICMP echo requests
Description:
Liboping is a C library to generate ICMP echo requests, better known as "ping packets". It is intended for use in network monitoring applications or applications that would otherwise need to fork ping(1) frequently.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
56 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the liboping package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install liboping
This command will install liboping on the server.
yum remove liboping
This command will un-install liboping on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove liboping, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove liboping
This command will un-install liboping 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 liboping when using the -y flag.
yum update liboping
This command will update liboping to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove liboping, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update liboping
This command will update liboping 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 liboping when using the -y flag.
yum info liboping
This command will show you core information about the liboping package.
yum deplist liboping
This command will show you the dependencies for liboping. 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 liboping
This command will check if there is an update waiting on liboping. 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.