Information about the package, libuv, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libuv package is designed for, Platform layer for node.js.
Package Name:
libuv
Summary:
Platform layer for node.js
URL:
Description:
libuv is a new platform layer for Node. Its purpose is to abstract IOCP on Windows and libev on Unix systems. We intend to eventually contain all platform differences in this library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.10.34
Release:
1.el6
Size:
57 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT and BSD and ISC
Control the libuv package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libuv
This command will install libuv on the server.
yum remove libuv
This command will un-install libuv on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libuv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libuv
This command will un-install libuv 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 libuv when using the -y flag.
yum update libuv
This command will update libuv to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libuv, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libuv
This command will update libuv 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 libuv when using the -y flag.
yum info libuv
This command will show you core information about the libuv package.
yum deplist libuv
This command will show you the dependencies for libuv. 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 libuv
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libuv. 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.