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libunwind


Information about the package, libunwind, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libunwind package is designed for, An unwinding library.


Package Name:

libunwind

Summary:

An unwinding library

Description:

Libunwind provides a C ABI to determine the call-chain of a program.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.1

Release:

3.el6

Size:

55 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for libunwind


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libunwind

This command will install libunwind on the server.

yum remove libunwind

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

yum -y remove libunwind

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

yum update libunwind

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

yum -y update libunwind

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

yum info libunwind

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

yum deplist libunwind

This command will show you the dependencies for libunwind. 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 libunwind

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