Information about the package, libsolv, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libsolv package is designed for, Package dependency solver.
Package Name:
libsolv
Summary:
Package dependency solver
Description:
A free package dependency solver using a satisfiability algorithm. The library is based on two major, but independent, blocks: - Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information. - Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.0.0
Release:
1.git857fe28.el6
Size:
222 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the libsolv package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libsolv
This command will install libsolv on the server.
yum remove libsolv
This command will un-install libsolv on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libsolv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libsolv
This command will un-install libsolv 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 libsolv when using the -y flag.
yum update libsolv
This command will update libsolv to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libsolv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libsolv
This command will update libsolv 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 libsolv when using the -y flag.
yum info libsolv
This command will show you core information about the libsolv package.
yum deplist libsolv
This command will show you the dependencies for libsolv. 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 libsolv
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libsolv. 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.