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libsodium-devel


Information about the package, libsodium-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libsodium-devel package is designed for, Development files for libsodium.


Package Name:

libsodium-devel

Summary:

Development files for libsodium

Description:

This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libsodium libraries.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.4.5

Release:

3.el6

Size:

29 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

ISC



Handy Yum Commands for libsodium-devel


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libsodium-devel

This command will install libsodium-devel on the server.

yum remove libsodium-devel

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

yum -y remove libsodium-devel

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

yum update libsodium-devel

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

yum -y update libsodium-devel

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

yum info libsodium-devel

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

yum deplist libsodium-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for libsodium-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 libsodium-devel

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