Information about the package, glibc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The glibc package is designed for, The GNU libc libraries.
Package Name:
glibc
Summary:
The GNU libc libraries
Description:
The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a Linux system will not function.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.12
Release:
1.209.el6_9.2
Size:
13 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+
Control the glibc package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install glibc
This command will install glibc on the server.
yum remove glibc
This command will un-install glibc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glibc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove glibc
This command will un-install glibc 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 glibc when using the -y flag.
yum update glibc
This command will update glibc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glibc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update glibc
This command will update glibc 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 glibc when using the -y flag.
yum info glibc
This command will show you core information about the glibc package.
yum deplist glibc
This command will show you the dependencies for glibc. 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 glibc
This command will check if there is an update waiting on glibc. 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.