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msgpack


Information about the package, msgpack, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The msgpack package is designed for, Binary-based efficient object serialization library.


Package Name:

msgpack

Summary:

Binary-based efficient object serialization library

Description:

MessagePack is a binary-based efficient object serialization library. It enables to exchange structured objects between many languages like JSON. But unlike JSON, it is very fast and small.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.5.7

Release:

5.el6

Size:

22 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

ASL 2.0



Handy Yum Commands for msgpack


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install msgpack

This command will install msgpack on the server.

yum remove msgpack

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

yum -y remove msgpack

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

yum update msgpack

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

yum -y update msgpack

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

yum info msgpack

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

yum deplist msgpack

This command will show you the dependencies for msgpack. 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 msgpack

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