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lua-event


Information about the package, lua-event, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lua-event package is designed for, This is a binding of libevent to Lua.


Package Name:

lua-event

Summary:

This is a binding of libevent to Lua

Description:

This package contains the bindings for libevent, a synchronous event notification library that provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been reached.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.4.3

Release:

2.el6

Size:

29 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for lua-event


Control the lua-event package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install lua-event

This command will install lua-event on the server.

yum remove lua-event

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

yum -y remove lua-event

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

yum update lua-event

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

yum -y update lua-event

This command will update lua-event 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 lua-event when using the -y flag.

yum info lua-event

This command will show you core information about the lua-event package.

yum deplist lua-event

This command will show you the dependencies for lua-event. 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 lua-event

This command will check if there is an update waiting on lua-event. 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.