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qhull


Information about the package, qhull, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The qhull package is designed for, General dimension convex hull programs.


Package Name:

qhull

Summary:

General dimension convex hull programs

Description:

Qhull is a general dimension convex hull program that reads a set of points from stdin, and outputs the smallest convex set that contains the points to stdout. It also generates Delaunay triangulations, Voronoi diagrams, furthest-site Voronoi diagrams, and halfspace intersections about a point.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2003.1

Release:

14.el6

Size:

347 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

Qhull



Handy Yum Commands for qhull


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install qhull

This command will install qhull on the server.

yum remove qhull

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

yum -y remove qhull

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

yum update qhull

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

yum -y update qhull

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

yum info qhull

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

yum deplist qhull

This command will show you the dependencies for qhull. 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 qhull

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