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file-libs


Information about the package, file-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The file-libs package is designed for, Libraries for applications using libmagic.


Package Name:

file-libs

Summary:

Libraries for applications using libmagic

Description:

Libraries for applications using libmagic.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

5.04

Release:

30.el6

Size:

2.4 M

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for file-libs


Control the file-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install file-libs

This command will install file-libs on the server.

yum remove file-libs

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

yum -y remove file-libs

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

yum update file-libs

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

yum -y update file-libs

This command will update file-libs 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 file-libs when using the -y flag.

yum info file-libs

This command will show you core information about the file-libs package.

yum deplist file-libs

This command will show you the dependencies for file-libs. 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 file-libs

This command will check if there is an update waiting on file-libs. 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.