Information about the package, automake, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The automake package is designed for, A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles.
Package Name:
automake
Summary:
A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
Description:
Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. You should install Automake if you are developing software and would like to use its ability to automatically generate GNU standard Makefiles. If you install Automake, you will also need to install GNU's Autoconf package.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.11.1
Release:
4.el6
Size:
1.5 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GFDL
Control the automake package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install automake
This command will install automake on the server.
yum remove automake
This command will un-install automake on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove automake, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove automake
This command will un-install automake 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 automake when using the -y flag.
yum update automake
This command will update automake to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove automake, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update automake
This command will update automake 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 automake when using the -y flag.
yum info automake
This command will show you core information about the automake package.
yum deplist automake
This command will show you the dependencies for automake. 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 automake
This command will check if there is an update waiting on automake. 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.