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lxc-devel


Information about the package, lxc-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lxc-devel package is designed for, Development files for lxc.


Package Name:

lxc-devel

Summary:

Development files for lxc

Description:

Linux Resource Containers provide process and resource isolation without the overhead of full virtualization. The lxc-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use lxc.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.0.11

Release:

1.el6

Size:

17 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+ and GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for lxc-devel


Control the lxc-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install lxc-devel

This command will install lxc-devel on the server.

yum remove lxc-devel

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

yum -y remove lxc-devel

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

yum update lxc-devel

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

yum -y update lxc-devel

This command will update lxc-devel 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 lxc-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info lxc-devel

This command will show you core information about the lxc-devel package.

yum deplist lxc-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for lxc-devel. 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 lxc-devel

This command will check if there is an update waiting on lxc-devel. 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.