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libyahoo2


Information about the package, libyahoo2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libyahoo2 package is designed for, Library for the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol.


Package Name:

libyahoo2

Summary:

Library for the Yahoo! Messenger Protocol

Description:

libyahoo2 is a C library interface to the new Yahoo! Messenger protocol. It supports almost all current features of the protocol.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.0.1

Release:

1.el6

Size:

96 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for libyahoo2


Control the libyahoo2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install libyahoo2

This command will install libyahoo2 on the server.

yum remove libyahoo2

This command will un-install libyahoo2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libyahoo2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove libyahoo2

This command will un-install libyahoo2 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 libyahoo2 when using the -y flag.

yum update libyahoo2

This command will update libyahoo2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libyahoo2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update libyahoo2

This command will update libyahoo2 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 libyahoo2 when using the -y flag.

yum info libyahoo2

This command will show you core information about the libyahoo2 package.

yum deplist libyahoo2

This command will show you the dependencies for libyahoo2. 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 libyahoo2

This command will check if there is an update waiting on libyahoo2. 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.