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libtommath


Information about the package, libtommath, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libtommath package is designed for, A portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library.


Package Name:

libtommath

Summary:

A portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library

Description:

A free open source portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer library written entirely in C. (phew!). The library is designed to provide a simple to work with API that provides fairly efficient routines that build out of the box without configuration.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.42.0

Release:

5.el6

Size:

33 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

Public Domain



Handy Yum Commands for libtommath


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libtommath

This command will install libtommath on the server.

yum remove libtommath

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

yum -y remove libtommath

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

yum update libtommath

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

yum -y update libtommath

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

yum info libtommath

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

yum deplist libtommath

This command will show you the dependencies for libtommath. 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 libtommath

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