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libsigsegv


Information about the package, libsigsegv, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libsigsegv package is designed for, Library for handling page faults in user mode.


Package Name:

libsigsegv

Summary:

Library for handling page faults in user mode

Description:

This is a library for handling page faults in user mode. A page fault occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory that is currently not available. Catching and handling a page fault is a useful technique for implementing: - pageable virtual memory - memory-mapped access to persistent databases - generational garbage collectors - stack overflow handlers - distributed shared memory

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.10

Release:

1.el6

Size:

22 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libsigsegv


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libsigsegv

This command will install libsigsegv on the server.

yum remove libsigsegv

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

yum -y remove libsigsegv

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

yum update libsigsegv

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

yum -y update libsigsegv

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

yum info libsigsegv

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

yum deplist libsigsegv

This command will show you the dependencies for libsigsegv. 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 libsigsegv

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