Information about the package, qgis-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The qgis-devel package is designed for, Development Libraries for the Quantum GIS.
Package Name:
qgis-devel
Summary:
Development Libraries for the Quantum GIS
URL:
Description:
Development packages for Quantum GIS including the C header files.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.8.0
Release:
16.el6
Size:
260 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+ with exceptions
Control the qgis-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install qgis-devel
This command will install qgis-devel on the server.
yum remove qgis-devel
This command will un-install qgis-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove qgis-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove qgis-devel
This command will un-install qgis-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 qgis-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update qgis-devel
This command will update qgis-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove qgis-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update qgis-devel
This command will update qgis-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 qgis-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info qgis-devel
This command will show you core information about the qgis-devel package.
yum deplist qgis-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for qgis-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 qgis-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on qgis-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.