Information about the package, librsync, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The librsync package is designed for, Rsync libraries.
Package Name:
librsync
Summary:
Rsync libraries
Description:
librsync implements the "rsync" algorithm, which allows remote differencing of binary files. librsync computes a delta relative to a file's checksum, so the two files need not both be present to generate a delta. This library was previously known as libhsync up to version 0.9.0. The current version of this package does not implement the rsync network protocol and uses a delta format slightly more efficient than and incompatible with rsync 2.4.6.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
50 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the librsync package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install librsync
This command will install librsync on the server.
yum remove librsync
This command will un-install librsync on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove librsync, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove librsync
This command will un-install librsync 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 librsync when using the -y flag.
yum update librsync
This command will update librsync to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove librsync, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update librsync
This command will update librsync 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 librsync when using the -y flag.
yum info librsync
This command will show you core information about the librsync package.
yum deplist librsync
This command will show you the dependencies for librsync. 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 librsync
This command will check if there is an update waiting on librsync. 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.